[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 27574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 1832

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I understand that S. 1832 introduced earlier 
by Senator Kennedy is at the desk. I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1832) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1978 to increase the Federal minimum wage.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask for its second reading and, in 
addition thereto, object on behalf of the majority.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I understand this bill will be read the 
second time on the next legislative day?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. WARNER. The Senator from Virginia understands the parliamentary 
situation is I can offer a resolution, a sense of the Senate, in 
morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in morning business.
  The Senator from Virginia is recognized.
  Mr. WARNER. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Warner pertaining to the introduction of S. Res. 
211 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced 
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. MURKOWSKI addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hutchison). The Senator from Alaska.

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