[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23936]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Several Senators addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from Utah.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed 
to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I may object. I have been standing here 
about 45 minutes waiting to speak. I thought we were going to go back 
and forth across the aisle. I want to speak on the bill, not as in 
morning business. Since I like the Senator from Utah so much, I will 
not object. I wanted to make my point.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is the Senator from Iowa requesting time to 
speak?
  Mr. HARKIN. I did not hear the request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is the Senator from Iowa requesting, as part 
of the unanimous consent request, an opportunity to speak?
  Mr. HARKIN. If I can follow the Senator from Utah for 10 minutes, 
yes, I request to speak.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I thank my colleague, and I apologize. I 
did not realize he had been standing here all this time.

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