[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S1247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. RES. 237

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 237, which has been held over 
under the rule, that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be 
agreed to, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. GORTON. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, for the minority, we are grateful that we 
are now at a point where we can move forward on the FAA bill. It has 
been held up for a long time. It is very important to the country, and 
hopefully by the end of the day we will have the conference report 
approved.
  We also hope, with the export administration bill that we have been 
waiting for weeks now to have debated in the Senate, we can move 
forward with that bill. We are very hopeful that the bill that comes 
out of conference is one that has the meat of what is needed to help 
our high-tech industry and not a watered-down version of a bill we may 
not be able to support.

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