[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18724]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we proceed 
as in morning business for the following two items: That Senator Dorgan 
be permitted to proceed after the Senator from New Mexico for 5 minutes 
to speak as in morning business, and the Senator from New Mexico be 
recognized for 7 minutes to speak as in morning business, and that 
those are the only two speakers to be permitted as in morning business 
at this point, and that is for debate only.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I also seek the same 7 minutes.
  Mr. DOMENICI. With the same conditions.
  Mr. DORGAN. Yes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. So we have 7 minutes each, speeches only as in morning 
business, and that is all we have agreed to at this point.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  The Senator from New Mexico is recognized.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Domenici pertaining to the introduction of S. 
2818 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced 
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, beyond the statement of my friend from New 
Mexico and Senator Dorgan, is there any other time that has been 
allocated?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. No, there is not.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for 3 
minutes to respond to my friend from New Mexico. Also, Senator Nelson 
is in the Chamber, and if there is a Republican who wants to speak--we 
are as in morning business, are we not?
  Mr. DOMENICI. We are, but I cannot do that because we carved this out 
without our leadership. The Senator on his side is indicating he did 
not want us to do that, but he agreed to our two. We will soon agree 
with him, but at this point I cannot. Senator Dorgan is entitled to 
speak next, and I will inquire about Senator Reid's and Senator 
Nelson's requests very shortly.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

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