[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I see my two colleagues in the Chamber, the 
distinguished Senators from Tennessee and Louisiana, and I see my 
friend from New Mexico here. I have a statement to give. It will take a 
few minutes to complete. I apologize, but that is what I have to do. I 
guess I should make an inquiry. How long are the Senators going to 
speak?
  Mr. ALEXANDER. Five minutes.
  Mr. REID. The Senator from New Mexico, it looks like he is loaded for 
bear there.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I have an amendment I am going to 
introduce on the pending bill. I will not speak longer than 5 minutes 
on the amendment.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I can wait and do my speech after that, if 
that would be OK with my colleagues. It is just a matter of trying to 
be nice to people. So I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from New 
Mexico be recognized--or the Senator from Tennessee be recognized 
first, the Senator from Louisiana second, and the Senator from New 
Mexico, the chairman of the Energy Committee, my dear friend, be 
recognized for 5 minutes and following that, I would have the floor and 
be able to start my speech and finish it.
  Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I would 
like to just make the suggestion through the Chair that the Senator 
from New Mexico go second and I proceed third.
  Mr. REID. No objection.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I know we put together a time line. 
Senator Kennedy would also like to be recognized. He can follow Senator 
Reid, but I think he would like to be recognized for 30 minutes 
following the four Senators we have in the queue.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, is morning business allocated this morning?
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. No.
  Mr. REID. So what the Senator from Washington has asked is that 
following my statement, the Senator from Massachusetts be recognized 
for 30 minutes. My statement is going to take a little bit of time, and 
if there is a Republican speaker who wants to come after me, that would 
be what should happen, and then Senator Kennedy can be recognized after 
that. Is that appropriate? So I ask that following my statement, the 
Senator from Alaska be recognized.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Myself and Senator Inouye for 20 minutes.
  Mr. REID. And following that, Senator Kennedy be recognized for 30 
minutes. So Senator Inouye and Senator Stevens for 10 minutes each. So 
after 15 minutes, I will speak, and then it will be Senator Inouye and 
Senator Stevens, and then following that it will be Senator Kennedy.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Chair recognizes the Senator from Tennessee.
  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I thank the Democratic leader for his 
courtesy. This will permit me to chair a hearing at 2:30 on time. I 
thank the chairman of the Energy Committee and the Senator from 
Louisiana.
  May I ask the Chair to inform me when there is 30 seconds remaining 
of my 5 minutes.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator will be notified.

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