[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
enter into a period for morning business, with Senators not to speak 
for more than 15 minutes each.
  Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I will not object. That will mean we 
will now go off the Defense bill, which we discussed. In consultation 
with our chairman, I hope by Monday we will be ready to proceed with 
some amendments as soon as the leadership establishes the parameters as 
to when the votes will be taken. We will be ready.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I appreciate very much the report from 
the ranking member. The ranking member and the chairman have done a 
good job getting us to this point. We ought to be ready with 
amendments. We are going to have votes as early as 12 o'clock on 
Monday. I would like to entertain amendments as early as 10 o'clock on 
Monday morning and be prepared for votes as early as 12 o'clock on 
Monday.
  We will certainly work with the ranking member, the chairman, and 
accommodate those Senators who wish to offer amendments. We need to get 
started. I would like to get into a very complete debate on Monday. We 
will be in throughout the day and maybe into the evening on Monday in 
order to continue our work on the Defense authorization bill.
  Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I thank our distinguished leader.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I will also say for the interest of 
colleagues, we will be propounding the unanimous consent request with 
regard to the consideration of the aviation legislation sometime 
shortly, but it was in the interest of accommodating Senators who wish 
to speak that I thought it would be appropriate for us now to enter 
into a period for morning business. We will do that and be back on the 
floor with the request in the not too distant future.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Who seeks recognition? The Senator from South Carolina.

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