[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 113 (Tuesday, September 2, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, we are currently on the legislation of 
the appropriation bill for the Department of Labor, Health, Human 
Services, and Education. I, again, repeat the earlier request that 
anyone who has an amendment to offer, come and do so at this time. 
There is plenty of time available right now. Earlier the majority 
leader had been on the floor, and Senator Harkin and I and Senator 
Lott, our majority leader, had discussed the timing. It was our hope 
that we might complete action on this bill by tomorrow evening. We 
request that anybody who has amendments to file do so by the close of 
business today or, in any event, not later than noon tomorrow. We have 
a vote scheduled for 9:30 tomorrow morning. It is the practice that 
Senators will be present at that time to vote, so we can move ahead if 
there are amendments to be considered on this bill.

                          ____________________