[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17074]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S INJURY

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I yield the floor--I seek recognition again 
for 1 minute simply to express my joy in seeing my friend and our 
illustrious, highly respected, and able colleague, Dianne Feinstein, 
back with us on the floor today. We are sorry that misfortune has for 
the moment seen fit to not deal with her fairly, but in time all will 
be corrected and I am sure she will be just as always, as new. She is a 
fine Senator. She is a great friend of mine. I consider her to be 
someone we should all try to emulate. It might be very difficult for 
some of us to emulate her. But we are proud of her, proud of the work 
she does. I salute her today, and I yield the floor.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I thank the distinguished Senator from West Virginia. 
I very much appreciate those comments. Last Friday night, I took a 
tumble down stone stairs and managed to have a compound fracture of my 
tibia and crack a couple of ribs, so I can't say I am none the worse 
for wear, but I thank the Senator very much for his warm words. I 
greatly appreciate it.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for some time in 
morning business for the purposes of introducing a bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from California is recognized.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mrs. Feinstein and Mr. Specter pertaining to the 
introduction of S. 3007 are located in today's Record under 
``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I thank the Chair. I yield the floor and suggest the 
absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, under rule XXII of the Senate, I ask 
unanimous consent that my hour to speak under cloture for the motion to 
proceed be yielded to Senator Moynihan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a 
quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Voinovich). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. THOMAS. What is the order of business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in a postcloture situation on 
the motion to proceed to the PNTR.

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