[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25731]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted 
to speak for a period of time in as if in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, are we now in morning business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I send a bill to the desk for appropriate 
referral to the committee.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be received and appropriately 
referred.
  (The remarks of Mr. Kerry pertaining to the introduction of S. 1993 
are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')

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