[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would like to announce, for the 
information of all Senators, that at 3:45 the Senate will receive, on a 
bipartisan basis, the Secretary of State in S. 407 for a briefing on 
her recent visit to Europe and the Middle East. Then, also, a number of 
Senators and House Members will be meeting with Prime Minister Blair in 
the Rayburn Room on the House side at 4:30. So we would like to make 
sure that all Senators can attend the briefing at 3:45, and since we 
have such a large number of Senators that are going to be meeting with 
Prime Minister Blair, it would not be our intent to have recorded votes 
or further substantive business this afternoon.
  Obviously, we still have time for morning business speeches, if 
Senators would like to do that. That is why we are not scheduling 
anything else this afternoon legislatively, because these are very 
important meetings we have pending.

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