[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S9794]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the substitute 
     amendment to S. 343, the regulatory reform bill.
         Bob Dole, Bill Roth, Fred Thompson, Spencer Abraham, Kay 
           Bailey Hutchison, Jon Kyl, Chuck Grassley, Craig 
           Thomas, Orrin Hatch, Larry E. Craig, Mitch McConnell, 
           Conrad Burns, Bob Smith, Jesse Helms, Jim Inhofe, and 
           Judd Gregg.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would like to just comment on the cloture 
motion that was just sent to the desk.
  I note on behalf of the leader that we have spent a lot of time today 
and did not cover a lot of territory. There is real concern we are not 
making good progress on this regulatory reform package. We have a long 
way to go, maybe a lot of amendments. We just need to be making a lot 
more progress.
  The leader wanted us to go ahead and file this cloture motion and 
take a look at what happens tomorrow and on Friday. If good progress is 
being made, then it would not be necessary, or if some agreements could 
be reached, it would not be necessary to have this cloture vote. But in 
order for there to be one this week, it was necessary we go ahead and 
file a cloture motion. If no agreement is reached, or if progress is 
not being made, we could expect a vote on this to occur on Friday 
morning.
  So I think it is important to note we are hopeful it will not be 
necessary to go forward with that, but we had to go ahead and file it 
in view of the time considerations.


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