[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will be in a period 
of morning business until 10 a.m. At 10 o'clock, the Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 14, the Energy bill. Pending is the Reid second-
degree amendment to the Feinstein first-degree amendment on the issue 
of derivatives.
  There are a number of Members who are reviewing those amendments at 
this time. It is a complicated issue. I know that a number of people, 
including the chairman of the Agriculture Committee, will want to speak 
on the amendment.
  In the interim, it is my hope that we will continue to make progress 
on the bill and work through other amendments that may be offered. 
Also, as we have discussed over the course of this week, we would like 
to be able to lock in a list of the remaining amendments to the Energy 
bill during today's session.
  I remind my colleagues we will vote on the confirmation of the 
nomination of Richard Wesley to be a Circuit Court Judge for the Second 
Circuit at 11:15 this morning.
  In addition, there are a number of other Executive Calendar 
nominations ready for votes, and we will attempt to set a time certain 
for votes on those as well.
  Also, with respect to the schedule, Senator McConnell has continued 
to work for a vote on the Burma sanctions bill. I am very hopeful that 
over the course of the morning we will be able to address this very 
important and timely issue and bring this to closure. As I indicated 
yesterday, I fully support his efforts and we will work for a 
resolution today. The Senate, I believe, should speak loudly and 
clearly on the recent actions in Burma.
  We would also like to consider and complete the FAA reauthorization 
this week, and we will continue to look for a way to schedule that 
matter.
  In addition, there are other issues I have mentioned each morning on 
which we are working. It is important for our colleagues to come 
together so we can address them in a straightforward and timely manner, 
including the issue surrounding the bioshield bill.
  Mr. REID. Will the majority leader yield for a comment on the 
schedule?
  Mr. FRIST. Yes.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, first of all, we will have for the leader 
sometime today a finite list of amendments from our side. Also, Senator 
Feinstein, when she left last night, said she was not going to agree to 
have her amendment set aside. The reason for that is somewhat based on 
last year when she worked with Senator Gramm for more than a week 
trying to get something on that amendment and she never did. She kept 
setting it aside, but she said she would not do that this time.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Will the majority leader yield?
  Mr. FRIST. Yes.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I thank the majority leader for raising again the 
issue of the Burma sanctions bill. I say to him and our colleagues in 
the Senate that we have now been working for 2 days to try to get this 
matter cleared.
  While we are involved in the minutia of the clearing process, Aung 
San Suu Kyi is still, in effect, in prison. We need to send a message 
to the military in Burma, and we need to send it this week.
  I am not going to propound another unanimous consent request at the 
moment, but I want to put colleagues on notice that later in the day I 
will be doing that once again. In the meantime, the discussions 
continue. We hope we will be able to resolve this matter. I thank the 
majority leader very much for bringing that up.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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