[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 98 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7319]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, on Monday, the Senate will debate the DOD 
appropriations bill. I urge all Senators who have amendments to be 
present on Monday to offer their amendments. I know the distinguished 
Presiding Officer is very anxious to get this legislation up and the 
amendments will be considered and disposed of so we can complete action 
on this bill as early as possible on Tuesday.
  Under a previous order, at 6 p.m., the Senate will proceed to 
executive session to conduct a cloture vote on the nomination of Joel 
Klein, to be an Assistant Attorney General. Therefore, the next 
rollcall vote will occur at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 14.
  Following that vote, the Senate will resume consideration of 
amendments to the DOD appropriations bill. Senators should be aware 
that next week, the Senate hopes to complete action on four major 
appropriations bills. That would be perhaps a record if we could 
complete four, but I think we can do that. If we can get through the 
Department of Defense appropriations bill at a reasonable hour on 
Tuesday, we hope to go to energy and water appropriations, and we are 
hopeful we can maybe take up foreign operations and legislative. In 
some order, we will work on those bills next week.
  We will expect to be in session and have votes throughout the day and 
perhaps into the night next week, because we are committed to 
completing all the appropriations bills, if at all possible, before the 
end of the fiscal year. I have a commitment from the Democratic leader 
to work with us in that effort, and we have the support of the 
administration to complete action on these appropriations bills. There 
is no need for these bills to be amended endlessly. There is no need 
for us to delay action on them. We already reached agreement on the 
overall number, and I know that the committee chairman, Mr. Stevens, 
from Alaska, is going to be very diligent in his work. These are going 
to be good bills when they come out of the committee, and there is no 
need for 100 amendments per bill. I ask my colleagues for their 
cooperation.

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