[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 146 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12533]
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                   AUTOMOBILE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 3910, which is at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3910) to authorize the Automobile National 
     Heritage Area in the State of Michigan, and for other 
     purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 3910) was considered read the third time and passed.
  Mr. THOMAS. I thank the Chair very much.
  I thank the Senator from Texas for his time in allowing us to 
complete these bills.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator from Pennsylvania 
for the purpose of a unanimous consent request.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, my understanding is the Senator from 
Texas has the floor now.
  I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of his 30-minute 
allocation that I be permitted to speak as if in morning business for 
15 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Chair. I thank my colleague from Texas.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, thank you for the recognition. I guess 
before I speak I need to thank several people. I thank Senator Byrd, 
who has left the floor, for insisting on a unanimous consent request 
that allowed me to have the opportunity to speak today. Senator Byrd is 
a Member who always reminds us that we do well to be courteous to one 
another. I appreciate his generosity.

  Second, I am going to speak today on education and on other subjects. 
Much of the material that I am going to use was developed by Senator 
Frist in the Budget Committee Task Force on Education. I want to be 
sure to give Senator Frist credit for developing much of this material.
  Mr. President, today, as we reach the end of the term, I want to say 
a little bit about four different subjects. I rarely get up and speak 
on more than one subject because many Senators, myself included, have 
trouble doing one subject justice. But I need to say a few words about 
education. I want to say a few things about home health care. I want to 
talk a little bit about R&D tax credits that are now pending in both 
Houses. And, finally, I want to talk about the world economy and what I 
see the lessons to be, and say a little bit about IMF.

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