[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      VOTES ON PENDING AMENDMENTS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we have two amendments also that are now 
pending, the Wellstone amendment and the Smith amendment. One is 
dealing with corporate offshore locations, the other deals with guns in 
cockpits of airplanes. They are both very important amendments.
  I hope we could vote on these tomorrow. Remember, we have the 
ceremony in New York on Friday; therefore, we will not be able to get 
back on this legislation until next week.
  I know there is some concern about the Wellstone amendment by some 
Senators, but I hope there would not be an effort to delay this very 
important legislation because of this amendment.
  We are going to vote on it. It is only a question of when. People 
already know what they are going to do on this. So I hope we could move 
this legislation along. I think it will send a significant message to 
the President that this week we accomplished something on this bill 
that he feels so strongly about and that the two managers of this bill 
feel strongly about.
  I think it would send the wrong message if we have no votes this 
week. The only reason we would not have votes is because the minority 
will not allow us to have votes.

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