[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S7482]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, the Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m. and 
immediately resume consideration of the agriculture appropriations 
bill. It is the hope of the majority leader that the Senate can 
consider agriculture-related amendments during Wednesday's session of 
the Senate. All Senators can, therefore, expect rollcall votes 
throughout the session tomorrow as the Senate makes further progress on 
the agriculture appropriations bill. Once that is completed, of course, 
other issues may be considered, but we could consult with both sides of 
the aisle before we move to the next bill.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, if the majority leader will yield on just 
another question, today the Summers nomination was reported out of the 
Finance Committee unanimously. There appears to be very strong 
bipartisan support. Is there any intention on the part of the majority 
leader to address that nomination sometime in the near future?
  Mr. LOTT. The Finance Committee did report it out today. I did vote, 
along with everybody else, for the nomination. It will be on the 
calendar tomorrow.
  I had indicated I assumed that before we went out for the Fourth of 
July recess, which is a week from Friday, that would be taken up. It 
very well could be taken up before then. But we have not gotten it on 
the calendar, and we have not made a definite determination as to when 
we will call it up.
  I assume other nominations will be on the calendar tomorrow from 
other committees, and I hope we have the same approach as we have had 
this year--including three nominations last week--to move these 
nominations through pretty quickly after reaching the calendar, barring 
complications that do sometimes come up, of course.

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