[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5103]
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                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous consent that there now be a period for 
morning business for Senators to pay tribute to our dear friend, the 
majority leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. EXON. Reserving the right to object, and I shall not object, I 
just want to emphasize what the Budget Committee chairman has said. 
There is great determination, especially on that side, to complete 
action this week on this budget. Whether or not that is going to be 
possible, we run over into Saturday or Sunday, as was indicated to me 
as a possibility by the chairman of the committee, I simply emphasize 
if people could get their amendments to us, as he has indicated, by 
noon tomorrow so that we would know at least preliminarily where we are 
on these things, then we can possibly allot and cut down some time on 
some of these things to expedite the proceedings which I think we all 
would like to do. So I endorse the statement that was made by the 
chairman of the committee and thank him for his cooperation.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I say to all Senators, there is another full budget 
going to be offered by Senators Chafee and Breaux in behalf of 
themselves and many Members from both sides in due course sometime 
later tomorrow or Friday. They will have an opportunity to offer that 
also. So there will be three total proposals that we will have 
considered.

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