[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--H.J. RES. 76

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that H.J. Res. 76, 
which is at the desk, be read a third time and passed, and the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, in response to the distinguished chairman of 
the Commerce Committee, people worked here late last night. No one 
should criticize anyone for not being here later. I left around 10 
o'clock. There may have been a quorum call, but very few. There were 
good, strong, substantive speeches given on this issue. No one can be 
criticized, especially my friend from North Dakota, for not being here 
last night. He was here all during the day yesterday and offered a 
number of amendments to the Agriculture appropriations bill. My friend 
from North Dakota might be criticized for some things, but one of them 
is certainly not that he doesn't work hard. He works as hard as anyone 
in the Senate.
  I also say to the distinguished majority leader, I did last night 
spend a few minutes indicating and asking why we are not doing the 
Syria accountability bill and Military Construction. It is obvious--and 
we should stop feigning--we have a problem here. The problem is there 
has been a decision made to spend 30 hours next week on a circus 
talking about judges--168 to 4.
  I am not going to object to this, other than to say let's be 
realistic here. There are games being played, and we don't want to be 
part of those games. We want to cooperate. Military Construction should 
pass now, rather than getting into next week when there is some effort 
to stop it. That can be passed by a unanimous consent agreement right 
now.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. DORGAN. Will the Senator from Nevada yield?
  Mr. REID. I don't have the floor.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the request?
  Mr. DORGAN. Reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from North Dakota reserves the 
right to object.
  Mr. DORGAN. I object.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.

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