Kent Conrad

Mr. CONRAD

Mr. CONRAD. I ask the Senator if he could wrap up fairly quickly so we can turn to the other side so we will have some time remaining for requests of other Senators.

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I inquire of the chairman of the Budget Committee if he would prefer to go at this point.

Mr. CONRAD. I am delighted to yield 4 minutes to the Senator from Florida. Let me say to my colleagues, we have very little time left on this side. It is our intention, after the Senator from Florida has spoken, to allow those on the other side of the aisle to take an extended period of time to express their view before we come back to our side. With that, I yield 4 minutes to the Senator from Florida.

Mr. CONRAD. Yes. We thought we would go to the Senator from Florida and yield 4 minutes to him.

Mr. CONRAD. Will the Senator yield?

Mr. CONRAD. Will the Senator yield on my time?

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I have great respect for the chairman. He and I have worked on many matters together. I want to take this moment to advise the Senator that we have $125 billion of our $750 billion tax cut unallocated. We have specifically not allocated it all so that some of it could be used to address the alternative minimum tax problem. So we have not done what we have criticized the other side for doing.

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I remind the Senator form Iowa it was entirely appropriate to use reconciliation in 1993 because that was a deficit reduction piece of legislation. That is the difference. This is not deficit reduction.

Mr. CONRAD. I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Montana.

Mr. CONRAD. I yield 3 minutes to the Senator from Florida.

Mr. CONRAD. No objection.

Mr. CONRAD. We have now cleared on this side amendment 256, the Reid- Hutchinson amendment.

Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Vitiation of Action on Amendment No. 237

Mr. CONRAD. No objection.

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we have good news. We have another amendment on which we have agreement, and that is amendment No. 237. We just received clearance on amendment No. 237, the Grassley-Kennedy amendment.

Mr. CONRAD. We have no objection.

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we have clearance for another amendment on the list, No. 210, the Bond amendment.

Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 210

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we are willing to accept this amendment.

Mr. CONRAD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 289

Mr. CONRAD. We are as well.

Mr. CONRAD. What is the chairman's intention about how we proceed? Does the Senator want to do them one at a time? Amendment No. 208

Mr. CONRAD. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. CONRAD

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would like to take a few minutes to recognize the University of North Dakota's Hockey team. As a native North Dakotan, I am very proud of the rich hockey tradition at the University of North Dakota. The defending NCAA Champion ``Fighting Sioux'' defeated Michigan State in NCAA hockey's ``frozen four'' semi- final today in Albany, New York by a final score of 2-0. They will defend their title Saturday at 4 p.m. in the national championship game. Dean Blais, the team's coach, has done a fantastic job in continuing the UND hockey program's tradition of excellence. The ``Fighting Sioux'' have won a total of 7 national championships. In just 6 years as head coach, Blais has led the team to four Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season titles in the past five years and National championships in 1997 and 2000. Last year, the ``Fighting Sioux'' were honored as the first collegiate hockey team ever invited to the White House. The ``Fighting Sioux'' are led by Jeff Panzer, a Grand Forks, North Dakota native who is nominated for the Hobey Baker Award, which recognizes college hockey's top play. Panzer had 26 goals and 55 assists during the regular season and led the Nation in scoring with 81 points. But at UND, teamwork and team spirit has always been a paramount, and the team's success this year has once against been the product of a team effort. On behalf of the entire State of North Dakota, I wish the ``Fighting Sioux'' the best of luck in the championship game on Saturday. I'll be cheering for you.