[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SENATE BUSINESS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me add that I share the goal of the 
majority leader. There is no reason why the Senate cannot finish not 
only the bill we will wrap up before noon but also the Foreign 
Operations-State appropriations bill and the education reconciliation. 
I will mention that during the years when Senator Leahy and I handled 
the Foreign Operations bill--and Senator Leahy is now the chairman and 
Senator Gregg is the ranking member--our record, I say to my friend, 
the majority leader, one year we got it done in one afternoon. I don't 
know if that is possible this year, but it certainly has happened 
before.
  We will be cooperating to the maximum extent possible to help achieve 
both these goals before the end of the week.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this bill we are going to take up also is an 
interesting bill in that it is $700 million less than the President 
requested, and that is unusual, especially in a Foreign Operations 
bill. We hope we can work through that legislation. Senator Gregg is 
certainly experienced, as is Senator Leahy.
  On our side, the time for morning business is going to be allocated 
as follows: 10 minutes each to Senator Nelson, Senator Salazar, and 
Senator Sanders, the 30 minutes we have that will be beginning soon.

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