[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 94 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8087]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, all Members should be aware that the Senate 
will resume consideration of the telecommunications bill at 1 o'clock 
on Monday. The chairman is here. He is ready to do business now. He 
will be ready to do business on Monday. Senator Pressler is available. 
Senators should, therefore, be aware that rollcall votes can be 
expected throughout Monday's session of the Senate, however, not before 
5 p.m. on Monday.
  Let me indicate to my colleagues who will say, ``Well, we didn't have 
enough time for debate,'' we have time right now. It is 3:10. For 3, 4, 
5 hours, the Senator from South Dakota is willing to stay on into the 
evening and will be here all day Monday. So I hope people do not come 
back at 5 and say, ``We didn't have time to debate.''
  We have all day today and all day Monday starting at 1 o'clock. I 
just said if we cannot get an up-or-down vote on the pending amendment, 
then all the recourse the manager would have would be to make a motion 
to table sometime on Monday. I did not file cloture to shut off debate. 
It is a very important amendment. It is a very important bill. I am not 
trying to take time away from any Senators. You can see there is nobody 
here. So all those people who complain Monday about having time to 
debate, they could have been here today. Right?
  Mr. PRESSLER. Right.
  Mr. DOLE. And they can be here Monday. So I just hope if we are told 
we have not had time, we need more time to debate, that they will think 
about what they did not do on Friday and what they could have done on 
Monday.

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