[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
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   UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT--NOMINATION OF ADM. HENRY H. MAUZ, JR.

  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I now ask unanimous consent that at 9 
a.m. tomorrow, the Senate proceed to executive session to consider 
Executive Calendar No. 1140, the nomination of Adm. Henry H. Mauz, Jr.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to that request? Without 
objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, let me say finally with respect to the 
Senator from Indiana, I devote a great deal of time and effort to try 
to accommodate as many Senators as possible. But every Senator knows 
that one cannot make decisions on travel until an agreement has been 
reached. I have just spent 20 minutes trying to get an agreement merely 
lining up four speeches tonight, not any substantive business, just 
trying to get four speeches. So anybody who decided to leave on the 
basis of some expectation does so at his or her own risk.
  Finally, let me say that I already announced earlier that there would 
be no votes on Monday of this week and that there would be no votes 
after 2 p.m. on Wednesday of this week. So the only time the Senate is 
in session and voting this week is on Tuesday and Wednesday up until 2 
p.m. While I like to be as accommodating as possible to everybody, when 
we shrink the work week for voting down to 1\1/2\ days and then someone 
says, ``Well, that's too long a period, we have to shrink it even 
further to 1 day,'' it makes it difficult to proceed on this business.
  We want to be accommodating. My hope, frankly, is that tomorrow 
morning, in less than 2 hours, we can dispose of the Mauz nomination 
and then all Senators who wish to do so can meet their other 
commitments and we can proceed to the morning business.
  I am going to continue to try to accommodate as many Senators as 
possible but to do so in a manner that permits us to meet our 
responsibilities and get this done.
  Mr. COATS. Will the majority leader yield for an observation?
  Mr. MITCHELL. Yes.
  Mr. COATS. I appreciate the immense frustration and difficulty of 
scheduling the majority leader has to undergo practically every day 
that the Senate is in session. It is fair to point out, however, that 
the reason the Senate is not in full session this week is that there is 
a Jewish holiday and we will be breaking for that. We are all, on both 
sides on this issue, attempting to work out what is best for most 
Senators, and sometimes that does not always get reconciled in a 
decision that benefits all.
  But, hopefully, in the spirit of cooperation, both sides can work 
together tomorrow to expedite the debate and to, if possible, have one 
vote; if not, two votes; but that others will not be unduly 
inconvenienced.
  I do, however, appreciate the majority leader's immense difficulty in 
setting schedules. I hope it did not have anything to do with his 
decision to leave the Senate. I was taken by his remark that were he to 
become Commissioner of Baseball, he would have a 70-percent reduction 
in frustration in terms of the number of individuals he had to 
accommodate.
  Mr. MITCHELL. I thank my colleague for his generous comments.

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