[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 51 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S3697]
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                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, is the order morning business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. We are in morning 
business, but the first part of morning business is controlled by the 
Senator from Georgia, Senator Coverdell.
  Several Senators addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.
  Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 
minutes in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Several Senators addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I wonder if following the Senator, I 
could speak for 4 minutes in morning business?
  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I say to 
the Senator from Alaska, we have people trying to catch aircraft. Is it 
an absolute necessity he have the time? Otherwise, on the time we 
control, I am trying to accommodate people who are trying to catch 
aircraft, so I cannot relinquish and relinquish. Does that create a 
problem for my colleague?
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. What is the order of business, if I may ask the Chair?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The order of business at the present time is 
we are in morning business and the Senator from Nebraska, under a 
previous order, has 5 minutes.
  Mr. COVERDELL. Parliamentary inquiry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia.
  Mr. COVERDELL. Is it not true the Senator from Georgia has control of 
1 hour and 15 minutes?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. COVERDELL. We relinquished 5 minutes to the Senator from 
Nebraska.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. The Senator from Nebraska is 
recognized.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. The Senator from Alaska has asked for 4 minutes 
following the Senator from Nebraska.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. COVERDELL. Reserving the right to object, I am going to grant the 
4 minutes, but I want it to be known that I will ask to recover these 
10 minutes at the end of it, because we have people who are lined up. 
Again, I am trying to accommodate people, so this will be the last I 
will acknowledge.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the time will not be taken 
out of the time of the Senator from Georgia.
  The Senator from Nebraska is recognized.

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