[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 8 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D72]
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                                           Monday, February 9, 1998

[[Page D72]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S465-S530
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1617-1619 and S. Res. 174 and 175.
  Pages S515-16
Nomination Considered: Senate resumed consideration of the nomination 
of David Satcher, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the 
Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General.
  Pages S474-S500, S506-07, S509-11
  Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on the 
nomination on Tuesday, February 10, 1998.
Human Cloning Prohibition Act--Consent Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing that the vote on the motion to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to S. 1601, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to prohibit the use of somatic cell nuclear 
transfer technology for purposes of human cloning, occur on Wednesday, 
February 11, 1998, at 10 a.m.
  Page S530
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Margaret M. 
Morrow, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California.
  Page S530
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of an agreement between the Governments of 
the United States and the Republic of Poland; which was referred 
jointly, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1823, to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 
(PM-93).
Page S515
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
for calendar year 1996; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-94).
Page S515
  Transmitting the report of the Commodity Credit Corporation fiscal 
year 1995; referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry. (PM-95).
Page S515
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Christy Carpenter, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term 
expiring January 31, 2002.
Page S530
Messages From the President:
  Page S515
Messages From the House:
  Page S515
Communications:
  Page S515
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S516-19
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S519-21
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S521-22
Additional Statements:
  Pages S522-30
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 6:47 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, February 10, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S530.)