Robert Dole

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send a second-degree amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send a motion to the desk.

Mr. DOLE. As I understand, I do not know how many different projects are involved here, but they are all related and come from the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. I understand the Senator from Massachusetts would like to add to that the minimum wage amendment, which we do not believe belongs on this bill. Maybe it will belong on some other bill. It should not be considered at this time. We would like to complete action on this. We have a number of items to complete this week, including, we hope, the farm bill conference report, line-item veto conference report, the omnibus appropriations bill, and, of course, the debt ceiling. It would be our hope we can complete action some time early on Friday. That may or may not happen. If not, I suggest we probably would have to be here on Saturday to complete action on those bills because some relate to whether or not the Government is shut down. The debt extension is very important, too. So we can avoid--there will be a cloture vote on this bill tomorrow morning rather early. We have not decided the exact time, so we stay on the matter and amendments germane to the pending business. Amendment No. 3571 to Amendment No. 3564 (Purpose: To provide for the exchange of certain lands within the State of Montana)

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

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

Mr. DOLE. Presidio properties bill, is that correct?

Mr. DOLE. I object.

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

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

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the motion to the desk.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send a second-degree amendment to the motion.

Mr. DOLE. The yeas and nays have been ordered?

Mr. DOLE. Let's have the vote.

Mr. DOLE. Yes. Mr. DASCHLE addressed the Chair.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I now move the Senate stand in recess until the hour of 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 27, 1996.

Mr. DOLE. Well, again, I will be happy to explore it. I have always been willing to explore any possibility. Maybe we could couple it with something we would like to do on this side of the aisle, something the majority leader might like to have happen. We could work some agreement like that. But, again, I have not--nobody has made a proposal except the amendment has been offered. I assume that sooner or later the issue will be voted upon, directly or indirectly, but not today and not tomorrow and hopefully not this week, because we have a number of issues before us and this will take, as everyone knows, considerable debate. It is an unfunded mandate. It is subject to a point of order, according to the Congressional Budget Office. We all voted to end unfunded mandates, and here we are about to impose, or would like to impose, at least some would like to impose, another unfunded mandate on the very political subdivisions we said we would not mandate different costs and expenditures, whatever. Unless somebody has a proposal to make, now there is an amendment pending, and my view is that we should debate it. If there is to be debate, that is fine. There will be no vote. We will just wait and have the cloture vote tomorrow morning.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent on behalf of the Governmental Affairs Committee to meet on Tuesday, March 26, 1996, at 9:30 a.m. for a hearing on the IRS oversight.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 26, 1996, at 2 p.m. in SH-219 to hold a closed briefing on intelligence matters.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 26, 1996, for a hearing on ``Filling the Gap: Can Private Institutions Do It?''.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 26, 1996, to conduct a nominations hearing on the following nominees: the Honorable Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Honorable Alice Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor and serve as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Laurence Meyer, of Missouri, to be a Governor of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Witnesses will include Ralph Nader, consumer advocate.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 26, 1996, at 10 a.m.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 1996, in open session, to receive testimony on atomic energy defense activities under the purview of the Acting Under Secretary, Department of Energy.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet on Tuesday, March 26, 1996, at 2:30 p.m., in open session, to receive testimony on the Department of the Navy's Marine Corps programs in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 1997 and the future years defense program.

Mr. DOLE

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

Mr. DOLE

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