[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 70 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5080-S5081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, with these agreements we did pass the three 
judges by voice vote, the Chemical Weapons Convention implementation 
bill by voice vote. Therefore, there will be no further votes today.
  We will therefore not have another vote before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 
June 2. We will announce the details of the first 2 days we are back 
later on this afternoon.
  I yield the floor, Mr. President.
  Mr. LEAHY. Will the Senator from Mississippi yield in regard to the 
Chemical Weapons Convention?
  I do want to compliment the majority leader.
  Mr. LOTT. On that basis, I would be happy to yield.
  Mr. LEAHY. I want to compliment him, the Democratic leader, the 
chairman of the committee, Senator Biden, Senator Kyl, and their 
staffs, who worked with me and my staff and others throughout this 
week, sometimes

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until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, to get this agreement together.
  I think it shows the kind of bipartisan cooperation we should have.
  Mr. LOTT. I yield the floor.
  Mr. HATCH addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I also would like to take this occasion to 
thank Senators Helms, Lugar, Kyl, Leahy, and Biden for their work on 
the Chemical Weapons Convention. I think that went very well. We put it 
out through the Judiciary Committee yesterday, and we passed it here 
today. So I am very proud of that.

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