[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              COMPLETING FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, let me say to my friend, the acting leader 
this morning, that we are going to do everything we can to cooperate 
and see that the foreign operations appropriations bill is completed 
today. I think it is going to be real difficult to do that. We won't 
know for sure until we get our amendments at 3 o'clock. Considering 
that the first amendment is going to take until after noon, it is going 
to be difficult to do all the amendments that need to be done. I know 
there is going to be a number of them filed. We are all anxious to get 
to the Labor-HHS bill. It is very important, and it is going to take 
several days to do that. As I have indicated, the majority will have 
our cooperation, but we have to be realistic as to when we will be able 
to finish this bill. We will not know until the amendments have been 
filed at 3 o'clock.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Allard). The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THURMOND. 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for the quorum call be rescinded.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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