[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S326]
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                    ENERGY POLICY MODERNIZATION BILL

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I want to follow up on the comments of 
the Senator from Washington and thank her for her willingness as we 
have worked through several of these matters throughout the morning, 
into the afternoon, and now here at the 5 o'clock hour. You do not get 
to a place where you can voice vote six amendments without a level of 
cooperation, and I thank her for that.
  I thank our Members, but I also want to do a specific shout-out to 
our staffs, who have been working through some of the language, some of 
the issues, and coming together to provide us with a path forward.
  I think we are optimistic that given the pace and the trajectory that 
we are on, we will be able to come in on Monday and hopefully be able 
to alert Members to a longer queue of votes that we will have 
identified so they can come prepared when we take up votes on Tuesday.
  We will again be asking Members to spend good, constructive time. If 
you want to speak to your amendments, we will be in session on Monday 
for at least a few hours, and that would not be a bad time to come and 
speak to any of the issues that are of importance to you. We really do 
hope to put in place a more defined schedule for next week so that 
colleagues know the trajectory that we are on.
  I think it is the intention of both Senator Cantwell and myself that 
we move aggressively so that we can complete this very important bill 
by the end of next week. I know that we have Members who are scheduled 
to come to the floor and speak to the Energy Policy Modernization Act.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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