[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S2287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will be in a period 
of morning business for 60 minutes. The first 30 will be controlled by 
the majority, and the remaining 30 minutes will be under the control of 
the Republicans.
  Following this period of morning business, the Senate will begin 
consideration of S. 4, the 9/11 legislation. This is a very important 
piece of legislation. That is why it has a low number. It is one of the 
10 that I thought we should complete as soon as possible. I am happy we 
are there. I thank the Republican leader for his cooperation in 
allowing consent to be granted for us to switch the cloture vote from 
the Commerce Committee-reported legislation to S. 4, which is, of 
course, the measure reported by the Homeland Security Committee. I hope 
Members will be here early to offer amendments to the legislation.
  Once I have laid down the substitute amendment, which will encompass 
provisions from several committees--Homeland Security, Banking, and 
Commerce--we will be ready for the amendment process. Members should 
expect rollcall votes throughout the day. We could go into late evening 
sessions. We really need to complete this bill. As I told Members 
yesterday, except for Friday late in the day, because of Senator 
Lieberman, our manager of the bill--he starts his Sabbath at sundown on 
Friday--we are going to move this bill. We could very likely have 
Friday afternoon votes. So everyone who has airplane reservations 
should cover themselves because we may have to be here. If progress is 
not sufficient to finish this bill next week, we will have to start 
working longer hours. I hope we can get things available Monday so that 
we have more than one vote Monday night. We really need to start 
legislating. We have had, in my mind, too much time off.
  I see the distinguished Senator from Colorado. We have the first 
time, but we have no one here at this stage; they are on their way. If 
he would like to speak now, we will use part of his time now.
  Mr. ALLARD. I thank the majority leader for that opportunity. I have 
a bill I would like to introduce briefly this morning and talk about it 
for a few minutes. If somebody shows up from his side, I will yield.

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