[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 9, 1994)]
[Senate]
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[Congressional Record: March 9, 1994]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President and Members of the Senate, there will now 
be a period for morning business until 10:15 a.m., during which time 
Senator Hatch will be recognized for up to 10 minutes and, if time 
permits, other Senators, for no more than 5 minutes each.
  At 10:15, the Senate will return to consideration of S. 4, the 
competitiveness legislation.
  I wish now to repeat what I said last evening. We have been on this 
bill for 2 days and have made very little progress. This is a bill 
which passed the Senate unanimously without a single dissenting vote 2 
years ago. Now, we spend 2 days in discussion on amendments that have 
nothing to do with this bill, and there may be other such amendments. 
Although permitted under the Senate rules, I hope Senators will keep in 
mind that this is an important bill that is directed at economic growth 
and job creation in our society. We should be moving as rapidly as we 
can to encourage economic growth and job creation and not obstructing 
or delaying action on such legislation.
  As I indicated last evening, if we have not completed action on the 
bill today, we will be in session tonight for a very long time. The 
same thing is true of tomorrow night and of Friday. We simply have to 
make progress on this bill.
  I hope my colleagues can find a way to exercise some self-restraint 
and not offer amendments that have nothing whatsoever to do with this 
important bill.
  Let us pass this important bill, which, I repeat, has as its 
objective economic growth and job creation. We all should be applauding 
and encouraging and working toward that goal, because that is really 
still the central need in our society.
  I thank my colleagues and I yield the floor.

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