[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 110 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S9360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TIMUCUAN ECOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVE BOUNDARY REVISION ACT OF 2004

  The bill (H.R. 3768) to expand the Timucuan Ecological and Historic 
Preserve, Florida, was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the 
third time, and passed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the energy committee, Senators Domenici and 
Bingaman, are to be congratulated. I say that because usually the 
committee waits until the very last minute, and then we have a load of 
bills that can't be lifted. There are scores of them. This was a large 
number of bills, and they did them now.
  Being from a public lands State where 87 percent of the land is owned 
by the Federal Government, the committee did the right thing. When we 
get ready to recess, there will be another big batch we will have to 
take a look at. But it will lessen the burden that we have in the 
waning hours of getting out of here trying to work through all of these 
bills. I didn't add them up, but there are probably over 40 bills we 
needed to dispose of to send them to the House tonight. The number is 
44, I am told.
  This is good work. The committee should be congratulated, and that is 
what I am doing now.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I hold my breath right before all these are 
going through. But it is 43, 44 bills just done. These bills reflect a 
huge amount of work. To see it come together is sort of the privilege 
that the Democratic leadership and the Republican leadership have, to 
see it come together at a late hour like this afternoon. It is 
gratifying. As I say, I hold my breath to make sure it finally gets 
done each time.

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