[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 36 (Friday, March 25, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 25, 1994]
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 VOTES ON BUDGET RESOLUTION AMENDMENTS AND MOTION TO PROCEED TO GOALS 
                            2000 LEGISLATION

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, Members of this body are loathe 
to miss a vote. However, on rare occasions, each of us must choose to 
miss votes rather than renege on particularly important commitments in 
our respective States. Regrettably, I must honor one such commitment 
today--a longstanding commitment to host Attorney General Janet Reno at 
the University of South Carolina in commemoration of Law Day.
  Mr. President, permit me to make a clear record of my position on 
four votes I will miss later today while I am en route to South 
Carolina.
  I would have voted ``no'' on the Gramm amendment to the budget 
resolution; the Gramm amendment proposes to cut all of the President's 
proposed discretionary spending increases except for criminal justice 
in order to provide an additional $5 billion annually for the next 5 
years in grants to the States.
  On the Sasser second-degree amendment to the budget resolution--a 
sense-of-the-Senate declaration that we should work to control 
entitlements through health care reform--I would have voted ``yes.''
  On final passage of the budget resolution, I would have voted 
``yes.''
  Finally, on the motion to proceed to consideration of the Goals 2000 
legislation, I would have voted ``yes.''

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