judge urbanski received his b.a. with high honors from william and mary in 1978 and his juris doctorate from university of virginia school of law in 1978. upon graduation, he served as a law clerk to the honorable james t. turk of the u.s. district court western district virginia. from 1982-2004, judge urbanski worked in private practice, first as an associate at the washington, d.c., office of vincent and alkin, and then in the firms of woods-rogers where he became a principal in 1989. in 2003, the nominee was appointed to his present position. in 2010, chief judge james jones appointed the nominee to chair an advisory committee on the new local rules adopted in the western district. the american bar association committee on the federal judiciary has given judge urbanski their highest rating -- unanimously well qualified. i'm pleased to support this experienced nominee and i urge my colleagues to do the same. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quoru

there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of the urbanski amendment. i'm also told that s. 953 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 953, a bill to authorize the conduct of certain lease sells in the outer continental shelf and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill. the presiding officer: objection is heard. it will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, as i speak, the heads of the five largest oil and gas companies in the world are testifying across the street. with the country watching these extremely wealthy c.e.o.'s and extremely profitable corporations, they're trying to explain to the senate why they still need taxpayer handouts. i don't envy them because it's an impossible position to defend. think about this, in just the first three months of this year the oil industry mad made $36 billion in profits alone. not revenues, profits. that's $12 billion a month, that's $3 billion a week. i

tomorrow on the confirmation of executive calendar 47, the nomination of michael urbanski to be district judge for the western district of virginia. mr. president, if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> continued funding for a sec engine for the new joint strike fighter and modernization of the new weapons systems. republican chairs the committee which began work at 10 a.m. this morning. we go live to the mock up session already in progress. >> it's a great example of how we can work together in this committee and in the subcommittees. thank you, and i yield back. >> any further discussion on the amendment? about the questions on the adoption of the amendment offered by mr. turner? all in favor say aye? those in favor say no. the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. >> mr. chairman, i call up an unblocked cartilage on package number two. the amendment will be dispensed with. [inaudible conversations] >> the gentleman's recog