[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S2005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Thank you, Mr. President. For the information of our 
colleagues, today the Senate will immediately resume consideration of 
H.R. 3019, the continuing resolution appropriations bill. Under the 
order that was agreed to, Senator Murray of Washington will offer the 
timber amendment under a 2\1/2\ hour time limitation. As a reminder, 
the Senate will begin 30 minutes of debate regarding the Whitewater 
resolution at 1:30 p.m. today, with a cloture vote on a motion to 
proceed to that resolution occurring at 2 p.m. Senators, therefore, can 
expect there will be recorded votes throughout the day, and we hope to 
complete action on the continuing resolution today if at all possible.
  I urge my colleagues to take a serious look at the time we have spent 
on this omnibus appropriations bill. We have been on it since Monday. 
We really do need to go forward with this legislation. We have a large 
number of amendments pending on both sides of the aisle. I hope that 
Senators who are really serious about going forward with amendments 
will let us know soon. I intend to work with the Democratic leader to 
see if we cannot begin to get some understanding of what amendments 
will be offered.
  I plead with my colleagues, let us get this work done. Also, we want 
to do it but we are going to have to do something a lot different than 
we have been doing or we will not be able to complete this until next 
week.

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