[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. The Chair will shortly announce that the first hour of the 
Senate today will be morning business, until 10 a.m. The first half of 
that time is under the control of the majority leader. It is my 
understanding that Senator Stabenow will be here to talk about 
pharmaceutical products. The second half of the time will be under the 
control of the Republican leader.
  At 10, we will begin consideration of the terrorism insurance bill. 
We have waited a long time to be able to have this measure on the 
floor. Industries all over America, for months, have been telling us 
this is necessary. I hope those people who don't want this legislation 
passed--and there are some--will offer their amendments and take 
whatever verdict the Senate renders and not try to stall and kill this 
legislation. If that is the case, I think the majority leader would 
have no alternative but to file a cloture motion.
  There is ample time to amend this legislation. I think both leaders 
acknowledge the importance of this legislation and the need to move on. 
So if there is an effort to stall, after a period of time the majority 
leader will again have to make a determination as to whether a cloture 
motion will be filed. I hope that is not the case and that it moves 
forward. We almost passed it by unanimous consent before the Christmas 
break. Since that time, things have gotten worse instead of better. We 
have construction projects that are coming to a halt because they 
cannot obtain terrorism insurance. It has become extremely important 
that we do something about this. I hope we as a Senate can move 
forward.
  Mr. President, the chair has some business to conduct.

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