Congressional Record
106th Congress (1999-2000)
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Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I had originally planned to come to the floor to voice...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the vote be postponed until...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I am surprised at the comments made by the Senator...
Mr. ROTH. I thank the chairman of the Appropriations Committee and based on his...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I thank the chairman for his leadership in this...
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Mr. BAYH. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the colloquy that just...
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Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, as our distinguished colleague from Delaware has so...
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Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I would like to take just a few minutes to express my...
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AMENDMENT NO. 3625
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I join my colleagues, Senator COCHRAN and...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Montana (Mr. BAUCUS), the...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, may we have order in the Well?
Mr. BYRD. Will the Chair call for order in the Well?
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I don't believe all the Senators heard the Chair.
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair.
AMENDMENT NO. 3610
AMENDMENT NO. 3628 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3610
Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I offer a second-degree amendment to...
Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, do I still have the floor?
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, at the outset, I ask all Senators who have an...
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Mr. REID addressed the Chair.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senator HARKIN and Senator SPECTER were...
Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Senator from Nevada for his comments. In the absence...
Mr. REID. I also say to the Senator, the two managers of the bill are going to...
Mr. SPECTER. If the Senator would yield, on the first point, we have sought to...
AMENDMENT NO. 3628
Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, the amendment I have offered is a...
AMENDMENT NO. 3610
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, the amendment I have pending, following the...
Mr. REID. If I could respond, Senator HARKIN didn't get the information,...
Mr. McCAIN. That is fine. So I will not ask for a unanimous consent agreement...
Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. MCCAIN. I am glad to yield to the Senator from Nevada.
Mr. REID. I am confident that when Senator LEAHY can devote his full...
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on this...
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Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I see my dear friend from South Carolina...
Mr. REID. Parliamentary inquiry.
Mr. REID. It is my understanding the Senator from Arizona could not ask for the...
Mr. REID. I appreciate the Chair's help.
Mr. HOLLINGS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, Senator WYDEN is on his way to offer an...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have two amendments here that are ready to be...
Mr. SPECTER. By all means, we look forward to them being offered.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendments be...
AMENDMENT NO. 3629
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PREVENTION OF NEEDLESTICK INJURIES
AMENDMENT NO. 3630
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I spoke about these two amendments at some length...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, with respect to the first amendment by the Senator...
Mr. REID. I appreciate the managers accepting this sense-of-the-Senate...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I urge adoption of the amendment.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the second amendment offered by the Senator from...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, coming back to the amendment offered by the Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 3626, WITHDRAWN
Mr. REID. Mr. President, there are some other amendments that I have in...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to lay aside the pending...
AMENDMENT NO. 3632
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, very shortly I will be sending to the desk an...
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Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, this amendment is very specific in that it directs...
AMENDMENT NO. 3632, AS MODIFIED
Mr. WYDEN. I send the modification to my amendment to the desk.
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I want to cite one example of a blockbuster drug that...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Oregon for this...
Mr. REID. There is no objection on this side.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3633
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, this amendment addresses a subject with which we are...
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Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, my language would actually fully fund impact aid to...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I commend my distinguished colleague from Oklahoma...
Mr. HARKIN. While I support improving impact aid around the country, we are...
Mr. SPECTER. We did.
Mr. HARKIN. Now we are going to accept $78 million in administrative costs,...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, if I may respond to my distinguished comanager, my...
Mr. HARKIN. That is a big item.
Mr. SPECTER. It is a very big item. The Senator from Oklahoma knows we will do...
Mr. INHOFE. Let me reclaim the floor, if I may, and respond to the Senator from...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for...
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, what is the pending business before the Senate?
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I have a parliamentary inquiry. Where is the...
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3633, AS MODIFIED
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I send my amendment back to the desk as modified and...
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, even though I believe we need to have a specific...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of the amendment...
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INHOFE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3610
Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, it is my understanding that I will speak on...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I renew my request for our colleagues who have...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask the Senator from Pennsylvania and the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, we would be delighted.
Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank my colleague for that response.
AMENDMENT NO. 3631
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, may I inquire of the Senator about what the...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, this amendment increases the appropriations of...
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Mr. HARKIN. Yes. I think all of us are committed on this side. I don't speak...
Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank my colleague. I say to both Senators that there are two...
Mr. SPECTER. Will the Senator from Minnesota yield for an inquiry?
Mr. WELLSTONE. I am happy to.
Mr. SPECTER. We have another amendment that is ready to go. We will set Senator...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I have just begun. In the spirit of cooperating...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the purpose of the inquiry was not to ask the...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania. That will...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the pending business be set...
AMENDMENT NO. 3635
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
TITLE VI--UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
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Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I thank both my colleagues, my colleague from...
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Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, my colleague from Vermont, Senator LEAHY,...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I thank my good friend from Minnesota for his...
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Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask my colleagues, Senators SPECTER and...
Mr. WELLSTONE. I can in 4 minutes start to describe a little bit of this...
Mr. HARKIN. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I understand the...
Mr. WELLSTONE. That is correct.
Mr. HARKIN. I modify that unanimous consent request to ask unanimous consent...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the sequencing suggested by the Senator from Iowa...
Mr. WELLSTONE. I say to both of my colleagues, I appreciate there are a number...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, having been a teacher for years, in 1 minute I do...
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