[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S507]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, today the Senate will be in a period for 
morning business until 11 a.m. with Senators Durbin, Murkowski, and 
Collins in control of the time. At 11 a.m., the Senate will resume 
consideration of Governor Thompson's nomination to be Secretary of HHS. 
There will be up to 30 minutes of debate on the nomination with a vote 
scheduled to occur at 11:30 a.m. Additional nominations are scheduled 
for hearings during today's session, and it is hoped that we can 
expedite those nominations for full Senate action as early as this 
afternoon. I thank my colleagues for their attention.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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