[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S63]
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                      MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME

  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I send a bill to the desk regarding 
citizenship for Mr. Yongyi Song and ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2006) for the relief of Yongyi Song.

  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I ask for a second reading and object 
to my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, the procedure on the bill is, under 
rule XIV, to hold the bill at the desk.
  Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I may speak for up to 
15 minutes as in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Specter pertaining to the submission S. 2006 are 
printed in today's Record under ``Submission of Concurrent and Senate 
Resolutions.'')
  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, how much time remains of my 15 minutes?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Nine minutes.

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