[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6313]
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SCHEDULE
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today, we will immediately begin considering
S. 1745, the Department of Defense authorization bill. Under the terms
of the consent agreement reached last week, Senators may debate the
bill this morning. However, no amendments will be in order prior to
2:15 p.m. today.
I hope the Senate can make substantial progress on the DOD bill today
and this evening. I expect to complete action on that bill this week.
All Senators can, therefore, expect rollcall votes throughout the day.
The Senate will recess between the hours of 12:30 and 2:15 for the
weekly policy conferences to meet. As a reminder to all Senators, at
9:30 on Thursday, the Senate will resume consideration of the
nomination of Alan Greenspan to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board. Under a consent order, a vote will occur at 2 p.m. Thursday on
the Greenspan nomination, and that will be followed by votes on the
other nominees to the Federal Reserve Board.
I also hope that this week the Senate may act on legislation
regarding the church burnings, Mr. President. We are very close to a
bipartisan resolution on this matter. We need to express the outrage of
the Senate, and we need to make sure that our law enforcement officials
have whatever tools they need to investigate these despicable acts and
take appropriate action to find the guilty parties and help bring an
end to these activities across our country.
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