[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3223]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. LOTT. If there is no further business to come before the Senate, 
I now ask that the Senate stand in adjournment under the previous order 
following the remarks of Senators Biden and Lieberman.
  Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield the floor?
  Mr. LOTT. I am happy to yield.
  Mr. REID. I want to emphasize what our leader said. We have a lot of 
amendments pending. We have all day tomorrow, all day Monday. There is 
going to come a time Tuesday and Wednesday when Members will be asked, 
do you need all this time? how much time do you need? And I am alerting 
everybody to what Senator Daschle said earlier today: They can have all 
day tomorrow to talk as much as they want tomorrow, as much as they 
want Friday. Senator Conrad said he would be happy to yield the floor 
to offer amendments. He will come at 10:15 or whenever we come in, in 
the morning.
  The point is, anyone within the sound of my voice, we have 86 
amendments. There will come a time next week when we have to dispose of 
the amendments. That is the agreement that has been tentatively reached 
by the two leaders. I hope people are not upset next week when there 
may be motions to table and other things done to dispose of some of the 
amendments.
  Mr. LOTT. Senator Reid, I appreciate you saying that. That is exactly 
what I was urging. There are over 100 amendments pending that have been 
suggested or listed by over 30 Senators. Some Senators may have other 
commitments tomorrow, may be in their States with legitimate and 
official business, but surely not all 30 Senators are gone. Friday 
would be a wonderful time to talk at great length on the great wisdom 
of any amendments that might be offered. I hope that happens. I thank 
you for urging Senators to do that.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.

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