[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11703-S11704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--H.R. 3719

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed to the 
immediate consideration of H.R. 3719, which is at the desk, further, 
that a substitute amendment at the desk offered by Senators Bond and 
Bumpers be agreed to, the bill be deemed read a third time, passed, and 
that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements relating to this Small Business Act and Small Business 
Investment Act, which are amendments to the existing law of 1958, be 
placed at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. FORD. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, this is the 
Small Business Act, as the majority leader said, and the Small Business 
Investment Act. Several Senators on both

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sides have been trying very hard to work out an amendment that would be 
agreeable to everyone here. As I understand it, they are very close.
  Under those circumstances, Mr. President, I must object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I think we have one that we can clear here. 
It also is one that maybe the Senator in the chair would have some 
interest in.

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