J. Exon

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. EXON. We yield back our time and accept the amendment.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, let me thank Senator Kohl, who has worked on this for a long, long time. It is a very good amendment. He has worked with the majority leader on this. We are enthusiastic about this on our side.

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, the next amendment that we have agreed to consider would be by the Senator from New York. I yield the required time allotted to us to the Senator from New York.

Mr. EXON. I yield back our time and support the amendment.

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President I yield the 30 seconds of our time to the Senator from New Jersey.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I had hoped that I would hear from the chairman on the suggestion that I made. I have heard nothing from him on that. He went into the debate. I have not yielded the 30 seconds yet that I have, which I will do.

Mr. EXON. I yield 30 seconds to Senator Simon. Modification to Amendment No. 2984

Mr. EXON. I object.

Mr. EXON. No. That is simply to state what we hope we could do.

Mr. EXON. After consultation with the two leaders, and the managers of the bill, it is our feeling----

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute for an exchange of views between the managers----

Mr. EXON. After consultation with the two leaders, Senator Domenici and myself, and others, we would simply say that we have two amendments left on what we have referred to as tier two. That is the Simon-Conrad deficit-reduction amendment, and then the final one, the Roth Finance Committee amendment. We are now on Simon-Conrad. We will move ahead in the usual fashion. It is our suggestion then that there be an agreement that the Roth amendment will be put indefinitely aside for later consideration to give all a chance to look at some of the details of that, and allow us to move then to the so-called tier three category, and begin votes, and bring up the Roth Finance Committee amendment at the call of the chairman. Mr. GRAHAM addressed the Chair.

Mr. EXON. I yield 30 seconds to the Senator from West Virginia.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, the first amendment has been handed to both sides by Senator Simon, an important step in the right direction. We hope all will follow. Second, I would suggest that if possible--we cannot insist on this--I would suggest that Senator Simon and all that will follow with this process to try to add a one- or two-sentence explanation of what their measure is intended to do. That will help expedite things on all sides. Amendment No. 2983

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I yield 30 seconds to the Senator from Arkansas.

Mr. EXON. Once order is restored in the Senate, I would like to yield 30 seconds on our side to the Senator from Kansas for remarks that I understand she has to make on this measure.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. I yield 1 minute.

Mr. EXON. I yield 2 minutes 50 seconds to the Senator from Florida.

Mr. EXON. How much time do I have remaining?

Mr. EXON. I yield 1 minute to the Senator from Arkansas.

Mr. EXON. I yield 1 minute to the Senator from Minnesota.

Mr. EXON. I yield 4 minutes to the Senator from Massachusetts.