[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6315]
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                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there now be a 
period for the transaction of routine morning business until the hour 
of 12:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for 5 minutes 
each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, that will give everybody interested in the 
product liability bill an opportunity to discuss what their remaining 
strategy or plans may be. We would like to complete action on the bill 
today. And then, if possible, we would like to move to the trash bill 
sometime this afternoon and try to complete action on that bill this 
week.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I thank my colleagues for the evidence 
of support to extend an invitation to President Lee Teng-hui to visit 
the United States in an unofficial capacity. I think the support, as 
evidenced by the vote of 97 to 1 is a clear message of the prevailing 
attitude in this body toward extending this invitation.
  It is my hope that the administration and the State Department will 
understand the intensity of the feelings with regard to our friends in 
Taiwan as evidenced in President Lee visiting his alma mater and to a 
send him to the United States-Republic of China Economic Council 
Conference in September of this year. I thank my colleagues for their 
assistance, understanding, and support of this resolution.
  I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Gorton pertaining to the introduction of S. 768 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. ROTH addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ashcroft). The Senator from Delaware.
  (The remarks of Mr. Roth and Mr. D'Amato pertaining to the 
introduction of S. Res. 117 are located in today's Record under 
``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')


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