[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NOMINATION OF ANN D. MONTGOMERY, OF MINNESOTA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
              DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to consider the following nomination on the Executive Calendar: 
Calendar No. 512, the nomination of Ann Montgomery to be U.S. District 
Judge for the District of Minnesota.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nomination be confirmed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. I object, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. DASCHLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Would the Senator from Texas wish to state her reason 
for the objection? Mr. President, could we get the attention of the 
Senator from Texas?
  Mr. President, I have to say, if we are going to start playing this 
game--I have been urging my colleagues to cooperate not 1 day, not 2 
days, not a week, not 2 weeks, but ever since the majority leader got 
elected to that position, every day. The majority leader has done an 
extraordinary job of working with me.
  But I must tell you, that kind of act is going to end our cooperation 
pretty fast. That is unreasonable, not acceptable. And to not even 
respond. I have helped the Senator from Texas as late as last week. I 
worked very hard to get her legislation passed and sent over to the 
House. We got it done. We got it done. We would not have gotten it 
done. And this is the thanks we get, and this is the kind of 
cooperation we get in return.
  Mr. President, it is going to be a long 2 days here and, I must say, 
an even longer month in September if all the cooperation is expected to 
come from this side. So we are going to have a lot more to say about 
this. And before we go into any other unanimous-consent agreements we 
are going to have a good discussion about what kind of reciprocity 
there is in this institution. But that is very disappointing and very 
unacceptable. I yield the floor.

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