[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning we will have 1 hour of morning 
business, with the first half of that time under the control of the 
Democratic side of the aisle and the second half under the control of 
the majority.


                           Order of Procedure

  I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate begin the Homeland 
Security appropriations bill as under the order following that 1-hour 
period.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is my understanding the distinguished 
majority leader is propounding to the Chair that each side would have a 
full 30 minutes after the prayer and the pledge has been added in; is 
that right?
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, that is correct. I will have about a 5-
minute statement. After my statement, the Democratic leader has a 
statement. Then we will have 1 full hour, 30 minutes for each side.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I appreciate that. So I do not interrupt 
again, I ask unanimous consent that 20 minutes be designated to the 
Senator from California, 10 minutes be designated--let's see. What we 
will do is have 19 minutes for the Senator from California, 8 minutes 
for Senator Kennedy from Massachusetts, and 3 minutes for Senator 
Schumer from New York. I ask unanimous consent that be the case.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Would it be OK with Senator Feinstein if we could get the 
short speeches out of the way first? Would that be OK?
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Yes.
  Mr. REID. OK. We would go with Schumer, Kennedy, and Feinstein. Thank 
you very much, Mr. President.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, we do expect amendments to be offered on 
the Homeland Security bill over the course of today's session, and we 
will have votes today. As a reminder, the Senate will be in recess from 
12:30 to 2:15 for the weekly party luncheons to meet.
  Finally, on behalf of the managers of the bill, it would be helpful 
if Senators would notify the managers if they intend to offer 
amendments to the Homeland Security appropriations measure. I believe 
we have most of those amendments already listed. But what we would like 
to do is reach an agreement to limit the amendments to allow us to 
finish the bill as quickly as reasonable and as possible and, 
therefore, Members should now notify their respective cloakrooms, if 
they have not already done so.
  Again, we did a lot of groundwork yesterday in talking to our Members 
and in preparing for the Homeland Security appropriations bill. For 
that, I express my thanks and thanks on behalf of the leadership of the 
Democrats and the Republicans. As always, Senators will be notified 
when we come to that first vote.

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