John Chafee

Mr. CHAFEE

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

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, after checking with the leadership, I am free to announce there will be no further rollcall votes today.

Mr. CHAFEE

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

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Yes. Amendment No. 914 (Purpose: To amend the definition of ``municipal solid waste'' to include industrial waste regardless of whether the industrial waste is physically and chemically identical to other municipal solid waste)

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. I now ask for its second reading.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I request that the Senate go into executive session.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the Convention of Nuclear Safety, Treaty Document Number 104-6, transmitted to the Senate by the President today; and the treaty considered as having been read the first time; referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed; and ordered that the President's message be printed in the Record.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 51, S. 510.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee substitute amendment be agreed to, that the bill be deemed read a third time, passed, and that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. For the information of all Senators, the Senate will resume consideration of the Solid Waste Disposal Act tomorrow. A cloture vote will occur on the committee substitute at 10 a.m. Senators should be on notice that it is the hope of the leader to complete action on this bill on Friday. Also the leader may want to consider Calendar No. 92, H.R. 483, the Medicare select bill. Therefore, votes will occur throughout Friday's session of the Senate.

Mr. CHAFEE. I certainly will.

Mr. CHAFEE. I think the bidding has changed since this last vote. I would expect tomorrow we would have several votes in the morning rather rapidly, I hope. Just call them up.

Mr. CHAFEE. I hope that they will be brought up. As I say, the situation has changed since this last vote. If we had prevailed on this last vote, I would have thought we would be able to finish tomorrow by 2 o'clock, something like that. Now, the situation has changed, so it is a little difficult to say. All I can say is we will move these amendments along as fast as we can.

Mr. CHAFEE. It is not a question of not wanting the Senator to know. If we told him something, it would be from ignorance, I am afraid. In any event, it would be my hope that we could finish tomorrow at a decent hour, but I am not so sure based on that last vote we had.

Mr. CHAFEE

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume the pending business.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I have a series of amendments that have been agreed to. I will send them to the desk successively. Amendment No. 861 (Purpose: To allow exemption from certain requirements of units in small, remote Alaska villages)

Mr. CHAFEE. The first is an amendment by Senator Murkowski. I send the amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

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 and ask for its immediate consideration. This amendment is proposed by Senator Moynihan. The amendment has the agreement of both sides.

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

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I send to the desk an amendment on behalf of Senator Campbell, cosponsored by Senators Brown, and Kempthorne, and ask for its immediate consideration.

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

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

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