[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 14 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1049-S1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, there 
will now be a period for the transaction of morning business not to 
extend beyond the hour of 12 noon with Senators permitted to speak 
therein for up to 5 minutes each.
  Under the previous order, the Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens] is 
recognized to speak for up to 10 minutes.
  Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Stevens pertaining to the introduction of S. 281 
and S. 282 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on 
Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. STEVENS. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG addressed the Chair.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Jersey is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Is 5 minutes the time that is available under morning 
business?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Is that the expiration of morning business?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Morning business ends at 12 
o'clock.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. May I further ask if the time is already accounted or 
distributed in such a way?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There are a number of Senators 
under the previous order who are to be recognized for 10- to 15-minute 
intervals and they are not in the room. The

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Senator can ask for a longer period of time.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to extend my 
remarks for 10 minutes.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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