[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26518]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING MINORITY LEADER

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The acting minority leader is recognized.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, as has been indicated by Senator Lott, we 
have a lot to do today. There are a lot of different balls in the air 
regarding this Senate. I think we have them all where we can balance 
them quite well. We have, as the Presiding Officer knows, a conference 
report that has been completed after 2 long, hard days, the 
supplemental. We are making progress; the Interior appropriations bill 
has been done. I am hopeful we can finish the Energy and Water 
appropriations bill. So things are moving along quite well. I hope we 
can continue our momentum.

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