[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7895]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, today there will be a period of morning 
business for up to 1 hour, with the time equally divided and controlled 
between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority 
controlling the first half and the Republicans will control the final 
half.
  Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of 
the motion to proceed to S. 2284, a bill to restore the financial 
solvency of the National Flood Insurance Fund.
  As a reminder, the Senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 today for 
the weekly caucus luncheons.


                        Welcoming Guest Chaplain

  I ask for a couple moments of personal privilege.
  Monsignor Joseph Quinn offered our prayer. I wish to say how proud I 
am to be here this morning to witness that. He is a very dear friend 
and someone who has, for many years, ministered to my family and to 
families throughout northeastern Pennsylvania in good times and bad.
  We are grateful for his presence today. We are grateful he was able 
to offer the prayer. I will submit for the Record a fuller statement of 
some background material on his life. But he has been so much a part of 
the fabric of northeastern Pennsylvania.
  He has often said that in large families, the joys are multiplied and 
sorrows are divided. We are grateful for his leadership as a priest, 
and now as a monsignor, but in a very personal way, for what he has 
meant to so many families in northeastern Pennsylvania. I am honored to 
be here to share a couple minutes with him and am grateful for his 
presence today in the Senate.
  I yield the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Washington State.

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