[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 73 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6164]
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                            SENATE SCHEDULE

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, let me say with reference to the schedule, 
right now there are discussions going on so we can have a substitute 
offered by Senators Rockefeller and Gorton, and then it would be my 
intent to file cloture so we can bring the debate on product liability 
to a close. We have been on this now last week and most of this week. I 
am not quite certain when they will have the product complete.
  I do not believe there will be any further votes today because, 
frankly, we wanted to move to another matter but it was objected to by 
my colleagues on the other side. So we will just have to wait and see 
what agreement can be reached, and then the substitute will be filed 
and then the cloture motion will be filed.
  It is my intent to have the first cloture vote on Monday and if 
cloture is not obtained, to have a second cloture vote on Tuesday. So I 
say to my colleagues, we are going to have a cloture vote on Monday. It 
is very important we be here. We have been on this bill for 2 weeks. I 
do not want to frighten anybody or discourage anybody, but I can see 
the August recess going out the window. As much time as we take on 
every piece of legislation in the Senate, it does not leave the leader 
any alternative than to say, well, August would have been a great month 
to be off; a lot of us would like to have done a lot of things.
  But the first thing we must do is complete our work, and as slowly as 
we are proceeding, I do not see how it can be done. Maybe there can be 
some agreements in the next few weeks, but we are behind schedule now 
and, I must say, unless we can catch up, I do not believe the American 
people expect us to be off for 30 days when a lot of the work is not 
done.
  So we will be right here catching up unless we can do so in the 
next--we have time if we work together, let me put it that way.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum. I withhold that request.
  Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, what is the order of the Senate, morning 
business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in morning business. Senators 
have up to 5 minutes each to speak.

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