[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 154 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11799-S11800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PROPER SENATE PROCEDURE

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I compliment the Chair on the expert 
handling of the disposition of the various and sundry requests that 
have been made by the very distinguished Senator. I want to compliment, 
also, the Parliamentarian. It was a joy to hear the Chair intervene at 
the right place and to say the right things for the Record. I saw that 
he was being guided by the Parliamentarian. So much of the time, I 
think we do our work in a rather shoddy fashion here. I am glad

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to see the Parliamentarian very alert, watching, listening, and 
prompting the Chair. That is the way it should be so the Record will 
read today in such a manner as will make us proud. Sometimes, I guess, 
we forget that future generations will be reading the Record. Not only 
that, but we Senators should learn as well how to handle these matters. 
It does me good to see a Chair who is alert and a Parliamentarian who 
is alert.

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