[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 163 (Tuesday, December 18, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we be in a 
period of morning business until 12:30 to allow for tributes to Senator 
Inouye and the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following that recess, we will resume 
consideration of H.R. 1, the legislative vehicle for the supplemental 
appropriations bill.
  I yield to my friend, the Republican leader, for a few minutes.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I thank my friend, the majority leader.
  Today is indeed a day to celebrate the life and extraordinary service 
to our country of our friend, Senator Dan Inouye. I will have more to 
say about that later, but what a remarkable individual he was. It has 
been our privilege to have the opportunity to get to know him and 
observe his great work for a very long time.
  I thank my friend, the majority leader.

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