[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S3390]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry. What is the current 
order?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate is in morning business.
  The majority controls 9 minutes.
  Mr. WARNER. Fine. Thank you. Mr. President, I desire to speak, say, 
for 7 minutes, and then I would be happy to engage in a colloquy or 
otherwise with my colleagues on the other side.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. If the Chair would allow me to respond to the Senator from 
Virginia, the majority has 9 minutes and we have 9 minutes; is that 
correct?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority has 13\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. REID. The minority has what?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The minority has 13\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. REID. So the majority leader used morning business time?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. And the majority's time is 
currently running.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to the distinguished Senator from 
Virginia, you are to go first today under the order that has been 
entered, and then we would go next.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority has 8 minutes.
  Mr. WARNER. I thank the Chair.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield for a moment. How 
much time do we have on the majority side?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Eight minutes.
  Mr. WARNER. Shall I divide it with my distinguished colleague?
  Mr. LOTT. I see Senator Allard may wish to speak, too.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, if I may enter into the colloquy, I was 
asked to make some comments this morning, and I will be glad to do 
that, but my time is flexible and I can speak just briefly on what has 
happened to the economy.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority has 7 minutes 30 
seconds.
  The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I will just take 3 minutes, and then I 
will yield to my colleague, the distinguished Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. ALLARD. I thank the Senator.

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