[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21403-21404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to a period of morning business with Senators allowed to speak 
for up to 10 minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from West Virginia is recognized.
  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, we are in morning business, are we 
not?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. We are in morning business.
  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I thank the Presiding Officer. I ask unanimous 
consent that the statement I am about to make about Senator Kennedy be 
placed in the Record along with the other statements that were made 
about him so that it can be a grouping.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Rockefeller are printed in today's Record under 
``Remembering Senator Edward M. Kennedy.'')
  Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a 
quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mrs. Shaheen are printed in today's Record under 
``Remembering Senator Edward M. Kennedy.'')

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