[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23632-23633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be 
permitted to speak for 4 minutes as in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to my two friends I have certainly no 
problem with the Senator from New Mexico speaking for 4 minutes, and I 
understand my friend from Oklahoma wants to speak for 10. When we came 
in this morning, we made an announcement we would try to wrap up by 
1:15 p.m. today. We would have tried to do it sooner, but with the 
cloture petitions

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pending Senators had until 1 p.m. today to file their amendments. We 
wanted to really wrap this up. The Dirksen Building is going to be 
closed off. In fact, the process is beginning now. By 4 p.m., it will 
be wrapped up.
  I have a few things to do when the two Senators complete their 
statements, and then we will close the Senate. We did not ask for a 
unanimous consent this morning, thinking something such as this might 
happen, but we appreciate the cooperation and look forward to the 
statements of the two Senators.
  I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from New Mexico be 
recognized for 5 minutes, the Senator from Oklahoma for 12 minutes, and 
that I be recognized to close the Senate following those statements.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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