[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                            MORNING BUSINESS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be a 
period for the transaction of morning business not to extend beyond the 
hour of 10:30 a.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 
5 minutes each.
  Under the previous order, the Senator from Alaska, Mr. Murkowski, is 
recognized to speak for up to 20 minutes.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my time, 
which was the leader's time, not be taken out of my 20 minutes. I was 
asked by the leadership to announce the opening script for the day.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

                          ____________________