Bob Corker

Mr. President, I thank the two leaders for what they have done today.

Even though I know some people who are tuning in may not understand what just happened, the understanding that has been reached--and I thank Senator Flake and Senator Jones and others--is that we are not voting on anything else in this Chamber relative to this issue until a global agreement has been reached between the President and these two leaders and the leader of the House. There will not be test votes, and there is not going to be a tabling vote. The Vice President has been over here with his members, negotiating already.

What this does, I think, is to push this ahead to a negotiation that will yield a result, and we will do the best we can to keep from shutting down the government, or if it does shut down, it will shut down very briefly.

I thank the two leaders for agreeing to go forward in this manner. It allows us to move forward in a positive way, yet keeps the negotiations alive. Only a bill can pass this Chamber now that has all of their agreement.

Mr. President, over the past 12 years, I have had the privilege to serve the citizens of Tennessee and our country with the finest group of people that I have ever been around. I truly love them.

Today, in my final statement for the Congressional Record, I want to recognize the people who have become like family, past and present--178 hardworking, tenacious, conscientious public servants--and thank them for all they have done to make a difference in the lives of countless Tennesseans and to make our world a better place:

Jared Adams, Mike Ahern, Ann Marie Anderson, Jessica Bader,

Bridget Baird, David Baird, Michael Bassett, Ryan Berger,

Hunter Bethea, Casey Black, Bertie Bowman, Courtney Bradway,

Michael Bright, Clay Brockman, Paul Burdette, Tom Callahan,

Conor Carney, Mark Cochran, Kim Cordell, Jamie Corley.

Kelly Cotton, Leslie Crisp, Carlie Crenshaw Cruse, Joe

Curtsinger, Joe Dagher, Kat Dahl, Anna Catherine Davenport,

Ashton Davis Davies, Reese Davis, Garnett Decosimo, Armand

DeKeyser, Chris Devaney, Caroline Diaz-Barriga, Bradley

Dickerson, Tara DiJulio, Sarah Downs, David Dudik, John

Dutton, Alex Eblen, Holt Edwards, Tracey Edwards.

Brooke Eisele, Callie Estes, Heather Scarborough Ewalt,

Josh Falzone, Jason Farris, Paul Fassbender, Aaron

Fitzgerald, Chris Ford, Katie Davis Freeman, Michael

Gallagher, Lee Gatts, Courtney Geduldig, Santo Giordano,

Whitney Calhoun Goetz, John Goetz, Paul Goode, Tori Gorman,

Jill Grayson, Joey Greer, John Haley.

Stephanie Parsons Hamby, Sam Hamilton, Jenny Hamrick, Chuck

Harper, Sarah Mikels Harrington, Joy Hawkins Harris, Jeni

Healy, Alex Heaton, Alicia Hennie, Laura Lefler Herzog, Trey

Hicks, Caroline Hodge, Farrah Hodge, Chris Howell, Clay

Huddleston, Jamil Jaffer, Julia Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Micah

Johnson, Jane Jolley, Logan Jolley.

Elizabeth Kelly, David Kinzler, Nick Kistenmacher, Anna

Knight, Carrie Lane, Audri Larsen, Molly Lazio, David

Leaverton, Carolyn Leddy, Rachel Lee, Ramona Lessen, Sarah

Leversee, John Lipsey, Todd Love, Patrick Lynch, Kirsten

Madison, Dana Magneson, Emily Manning, Caleb McCarry, Connor

McCarthy.

Jonathan McKernan, Claire McVay, Bess McWherter, Abby

Meadors, Owen Mercer, Katy Miller, Michael Miller, Christen

Mogavero, Becky Moon, Grant Mullins, Lester Munson, Meg

Murphy, Angie Nelson, Stacie Oliver, Bentley Olson, Andy

Olson, Sarah Osborn, Anne Oswalt, Arne Owens, Connor Pagnani.

Paul Palagyi, Ashley Palmer, Jonathan Parker, Shelby Payne,

Michael Phelan, Frank Polley, Shirley Pond, Kelly Puckett,

Ben Purser, John Rader, Betsy Ranalli, Tori Read, Rebecca

Rial, Scott Richardson, Cate Catani Robertson, Kristin Rosa,

Darlene Rosenkoetter, Jill Salyers, Brandeanna Sanders, Marty

Schuh.

Patricia Schultz, Hayly Humphreys Schmidt, Les Sealy,

Douglas Sellers, Erica Frye Sharber, Evan Sharber, Lowell

Sherman, Lexi Simpson, Matthew Smith, Rhonda Smithson, Justin

Spickard, Megan Spoone, Dan Springer, Zach Stone, Sarah Ramig

Stone, Rob Strayer, James Tatgenhorst, Beth Tipps, Eric

Trager.

Chris Tuttle, Daniel Vajdich, Caroline Vik, Morgan Vina,

Jennifer Weems, Micki Werner, Jeri Wheeler, Mark White, Brent

Wiles, Hallie Williams, Laurie Williams, Staci Willoughby,

Bridget Winstead, Todd Womack, Canon Woodward, Alicyn York,

John Zadrozny.

Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may be reviewed. The provision stipulates that, in the Senate, the notification of proposed sales shall be sent to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

In keeping with the committee's intention to see that relevant information is available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record at this point the notifications which have been received. If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such annex is available to all Senators in the office of the Foreign Relations Committee, room SD-423.