[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      BUSINESS BEFORE THE CONGRESS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, as we come to the end of this year and 
of this Congress, we will continue in our efforts to complete the 
business before us. Members have been working diligently on their 
respective conference committees to conclude the outstanding conference 
reports on the Defense authorization bill, the waterways infrastructure 
and resources bill, and the energy policy modernization bill. I look 
forward to the full Senate taking up these measures as they are 
available so that we can pass final legislation to be signed into law.
  In the coming days, the Senate will also consider a critical and 
bipartisan medical innovation bill known as the 21st Century Cures 
bill, as well as a continuing resolution to keep the government funded 
and carry us into the spring.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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