[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 31, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S11251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, at approximately 10:35, we will begin again 
consideration of the Labor-HHS appropriations act. We hope there will 
be a lot of work on this bill today. We have a finite list of 
amendments. I have spoken to both managers of the bill and they have 
indicated that even though there is a finite list of amendments, they 
are not going to wait around forever for people to offer amendments. 
Both Senators Harkin and Specter have said that if people don't come 
and offer amendments, they are going to move to third reading. There 
will be no one to protect those people who are waiting. Unless there is 
some type of a problem a Member has coming to offer an amendment, I ask 
that they do so at the earliest possible time.
  We have other things to do. We completed the energy and water 
conference report last night. I just spoke to the former chairman and 
ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Stevens. With a 
little bit of luck, we can do three or four more conference reports and 
send them to the President this week. That would really be good news. 
He has two.

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