[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 26647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                        PROPER SENATE PROCEDURE

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I compliment the Chair on the expert 
handling of the disposition of the various


and sundry requests that have been made by the very distinguished 
Senator. I want to compliment, also, the Parliamentarian. It was a joy 
to hear the Chair intervene at the right place and to say the right 
things for the Record. I saw that he was being guided by the 
Parliamentarian. So much of the time, I think we do our work in a 
rather shoddy fashion here. I am glad to see the Parliamentarian very 
alert, watching, listening, and prompting the Chair. That is the way it 
should be so the Record will read today in such a manner as will make 
us proud. Sometimes, I guess, we forget that future generations will be 
reading the Record. Not only that, but we Senators should learn as well 
how to handle these matters. It does me good to see a Chair who is 
alert and a Parliamentarian who is alert.

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