John Chafee

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, this amendment by the Senator from Oklahoma would require that any contract awarded with Federal aid funds accept overhead rates established in accordance with Federal acquisition rules. We are currently in a situation where we have duplication on the audits on these highway situations. The amendment of the Senator from Oklahoma would provide that the Federal System would prevail as to what is proper overhead rates. So, Mr. President, this is an amendment that has been cleared with the Democratic side. I believe it is acceptable to all.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Inhofe, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Erica Gumm, an intern from Senator Domenici's office, be granted floor privileges during the Senate's consideration of S. 440, the highway bill.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, this side supports the amendment. I had a call from the Governor of Wisconsin yesterday in support of the amendment, and there is no objection to it, that I know of, on this side.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Yes, the yeas and nays were agreed to on the Reid amendment.

Mr. CHAFEE. I thank the Chair and thank the distinguished Senator from New Jersey. I ask we return back to the Lautenberg amendment.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, this is an amendment that has been agreed to. It is a sense of the Senate. I improperly described it as an amendment--it is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution. It has been agreed to by both sides. I ask for its approval.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Mack and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent we set aside the Lautenberg amendment.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that if the Reid amendment is agreed to, it be in order for Senator Lautenberg to modify his amendment to make technical conforming corrections to his amendment.

Mr. CHAFEE. So it would be my hope now, Mr. President, that the Senator from New Jersey would be prepared to go forward with his amendment.

Mr. CHAFEE. Furthermore, Mr. President, I wish to alert people that we are striving to have another amendment voted on immediately following the Reid amendment, and that would occur at 12:30. To do that, we would set aside the order for the luncheons, which would start at 12:30, under the order we have in place. Also, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent there be no second- degree amendments to the Reid amendment.

Mr. CHAFEE. I ask unanimous consent that we set aside the Reid amendment and that we vote on that at 12:15.

Mr. CHAFEE. Fine.

Mr. CHAFEE. For all vehicles. It would be helpful if the Senator could bring that up now, if possible, or very soon when he has finished his discussion on the Reid amendment. What we could do is set aside the Reid amendment and go to the amendment of the Senator from New Jersey. We are trying to get these stacked up, if we can, and then the objective would be to have several votes after 12:15.

Mr. CHAFEE. It is my understanding that the Senator has an amendment dealing with the total speed limit.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I wonder if the distinguished Senator from New Jersey would yield for a question.

Mr. CHAFEE. That will be helpful, because I am sure there will be concerns about whether we are talking about pickups and so forth. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance be permitted to meet on Tuesday, June 20, 1995 beginning at 10 a.m. in room SD-215, to conduct a hearing on the business and financial practices of the American Association of Retired Persons.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources be authorized to meet for a hearing on the Privatization of Sallie Mae and Connie Lee, during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 20, 1995 at 9:30 a.m.