[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8045]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will now resume consideration of S. 
2521, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2521) making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BURNS. The ranking member of this committee has some chores to 
do. I am finding no one on the floor who wants to talk on this piece of 
legislation, unless the Senator from Delaware wants to make his Kosovo 
statement.
  Mr. BIDEN. I will do whatever the Senator would like me to do.
  Mr. BURNS. I tell the Senator, I have a feeling we are not going to 
really get into the meat of this bill until after the policy luncheons.
  If the Senator would like to open it up, say, with your statement at 
around 2:15, we might be able to arrange that. Until then, I would put 
the Senate back into morning business.
  Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I would be happy 
to do that. But would I be able to appropriately ask unanimous consent 
that I be recognized first, unless the managers wish to be recognized, 
when we reconvene after our party caucuses?
  Mr. BURNS. Let's hold up for a minute until we get some consultation.
  Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, let me rephrase that. I ask unanimous 
consent that after the managers and/or either party leader I be 
recognized to make my statement on Kosovo.
  Mr. BURNS. I have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. BURNS. I thank my good friend from Delaware.
  Mr. President, seeing no one to speak on this issue--and I think most 
everybody is awaiting the debate for this afternoon--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. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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