[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 11 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S392]
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                       THE DOD CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I am very pleased that we were able to 
get another Defense authorization bill, and I want to commend Senator 
Lott, Senator Warner, and Senator Cohen, who have joined with me on the 
conference committee to get this done quickly. We have a good bill.
  I suggest that we act on it and that it be the first thing we do. I 
do not think we need more than 45 minutes to decide; in other words, an 
hour and a half to complete this bill and sign it away. I hope it can 
be taken up at this time. I understood, generally speaking, that it 
would be taken up. I think people generally feel that it is to be the 
first thing taken up today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

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