[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be 
in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak 
therein for up to 10 minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. THUNE. 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. KING. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.
  (The remarks of Mr. King pertaining to the introduction of S. 2800 
are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')

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