[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1212-S1213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, are the papers on the nomination at the 
desk?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The papers are at the desk.
  The Senator from North Carolina is informed that under the unanimous-
consent agreement, the nomination can be brought up by the majority 
leader after consultation with the minority leader, and therefore the 
nomination is not yet before the Senate.
  Mr. HELMS. My understanding is that that consultation has occurred 
because I was handed this unanimous-consent request.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from North Carolina ask 
unanimous consent that the Senate take up the nomination?
  Mr. HELMS. Yes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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