[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13057]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                PROGRAM

  Mr. STEVENS. For the information of all Senators, on Friday the 
Senate will resume consideration of the Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education bill at 9:30 a.m. Under the previous order, 
there will be several votes on the remaining amendments, which include 
the Wellstone amendment regarding drug pricing, the Helms amendment 
regarding school facilities, the Harkin amendment regarding IDEA, the 
Baucus amendment regarding the impact aid, any amendment that is not 
cleared within the managers' package, disposition of the point of order 
that is pending, final passage of the Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education appropriations bill, and possibly a vote on adoption of 
the conference report to accompany the military construction 
appropriations bill.
  Mr. President, I hope that ``possibly'' is not possibly but it is a 
fact tomorrow.
  I do want to say on my own behalf that the enactment of this bill 
that we have just brought out of conference is absolutely essential to 
the well-being of the men and women of the armed services of this 
country. If it is not passed tomorrow and signed by the President 
before the Fourth of July, there will be severe repercussions in the 
military services of this country. We have worked day and night to get 
this bill done, and I congratulate the Members of the House in 
accomplishing passage of it earlier this evening. I do encourage our 
colleagues to remain in the Chamber during the series of votes that 
will come about in the morning hours tomorrow.

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