[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27685]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. REID. Madam President, we have worked hard today. We have had a 
number of Senators go to Fort Hood. We have had a number of speeches 
today that were extremely good relating to Veterans Day, which is 
tomorrow. We had a moment of silence for the fallen at Fort Hood. And 
we arrived at an agreement on a very important bill, the Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs bill. I am glad we were able to do 
that. I wish we didn't have as many amendments as we do, but we have 
had a number of intervening problems. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who 
represents the State of Texas, was necessarily detained in Texas. She 
had to be there, and we understand that. I think a number of amendments 
listed will be worked out with the two managers. I feel fairly 
confident we will not have to have all those votes. Senators should 
expect the next vote, as I indicated, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.

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