ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, on roll call vote 24, i voted no, it was my intention to vote ayes aye, i ask unanimous consent to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. quorum call: mr. rockefeller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rockefeller: before we wrap this up entirely, there are just a couple of people i want to really thank. particularly i want to thank my ranking member, i refer to as my cochair, senator kay bailey hutchison fo

ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. wski: i ask unanimous consent that a coast guard fellow in my office, charles banks, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of the f.a.a. reauthorization bill. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. president. i want to acknowledge the chairman and the ranking member on the commerce committee. i know they have been working diligently throughout this process not only with this particular reauthorization, but have been great leaders on this issue over the years, and i appreciate that. we are working on some difficult issues and contentious issues. the issue of the slots that both of them just discussed is one that is critically important to a person like myself who represents the farthest of the west along with hawaii, and so we look at how we are able to gain access through our airways and to travel. so the issues that are in front of us are incredibly important. but i don't want to speak to the issue of the perimeter slots tod