[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 8 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. This morning the Senate will be in a period for the 
transaction of morning business until 12 noon. At noon, as previously 
agreed to, the Senate will proceed to executive session to debate for 
up to 6 hours the nomination of David Satcher to be the Surgeon General 
and Assistant Secretary of HHS.
  As a reminder to all Members, no rollcall votes will occur during 
today's session of the Senate. However, the next rollcall vote will 
occur on invoking cloture on the Satcher nomination Tuesday at 11 a.m. 
If cloture is invoked on that nomination, then a second vote would 
occur immediately on the confirmation of the nomination.
  In addition, a cloture motion has been filed, on Thursday, on the 
motion to proceed to the cloning legislation. Therefore, a cloture vote 
will occur on Tuesday also. We will announce the exact time after 
consultation with the minority leader. This cloture motion is on the 
motion to proceed.
  Once again, I would like to note I do think this is an issue on which 
we should go forward. It is a complicated bill. There are some 
legitimate concerns that need to be addressed, or discussed at least. 
When Senators become familiar with the bill that has been crafted by 
Senator Bill Frist, who certainly knows the subject matter of medical 
research and science and the cloning issue, and then when they hear 
from Senator Bond and Senator Gregg and are able to be involved in 
discussion and debate, I think Senators will feel comfortable with what 
we are doing here and we should move this cloning legislation forward 
so that we will not have even the threat of human cloning.
  Also this week the Senate may consider the nomination of Margaret 
Morrow to be a district judge in California and the nomination of 
Frederica Massiah-Jackson to be a district judge in Pennsylvania. We 
will continue to work with the administration and our colleagues on 
both sides of the aisle with regard to a resolution on Iraq.
  As a reminder to all Members, the next rollcall vote then will occur 
at 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning to invoke cloture on the Satcher 
nomination.

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