J. Exon

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, whose turn is it?

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I recognize the Senator from Connecticut for the purpose of offering an amendment.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, subject to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the section for the purpose of considering this amendment. I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to waive.

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

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

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. We yield back our time and accept the amendment.

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, we have agreed on an amendment that has been worked on for a long time by Senator Wellstone. I yield 30 seconds to him for the purpose of introducing the amendment which both sides have agreed to accept.

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. EXON. I advise the Senate and the chairman of the committee that the next four amendments all have to do with medical matters. We think we have those bundled into one amendment that can be offered. If required, though, I would like unanimous consent that we have tentatively agreed to; roughly, that if we have situations like this-- in this case there are four introducers--if the introducers would like 30 seconds each, we would grant them that to encourage further melding of these amendments that are similar into one amendment and therefore expedite the process.

Mr. EXON. I was explaining that rather than four, we set aside the Dodd matter, which will be considered separately. The Feingold, Moseley-Braun, and Rockefeller amendments are embodied under the agreement that we have worked out. Pending final working out of some details, I suggest, since Senator Dodd, whom I earlier thought was included in this, is not and since he is next on my list, at this time I yield 30 seconds to Senator Dodd for an explanation and the introduction of his motion that both sides have received some time ago. Dodd Motion to Commit

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the motion was agreed to.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, earlier we had suggested that three Medicare amendments by Senator Feingold, Senator Moseley-Braun, and Senator Rockefeller be combined into one. We agreed that each Senator would have 30 seconds to explain their joint amendment. At this time, I ask the Chair to recognize Senator Feingold, then Senator Moseley-Braun, and then Senator Rockefeller. I congratulate them for expediting the process.

Mr. EXON. Senator Feingold.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act, I move to waive the sections of that act for the purpose of considering the amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to waive.

Mr. EXON. Yes. I am ready.

Mr. EXON. We do have the Mikulski amendment. I recognize Senator Mikulski from Maryland for the purpose of--before I recognize her, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order that the Senator from Maryland be permitted to offer a motion to instruct conferees on the clinical lab standards at this time.

Mr. EXON. Yes.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, since the Mikulski matter has been set aside temporarily, the next amendment is an amendment regarding dairy, offered by the Senator from Wisconsin, Senator Feingold. I yield 30 seconds on our side to him for that stated purpose. Amendment No. 2999 (Purpose: To strike the provision relating to the milk manufacturing marketing adjustment which provides special treatment to California cheese processors at a budget cost of $20 million)

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. It has been approved.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I yield the remainder of my time. We agree with the amendment. I ask for the vote.

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

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, moving ahead in the fashion in which we have been plowing ahead and making some progress, the next amendment on this side would be by the Senator from Iowa, Senator Harkin. I yield our time on his amendment to him for the description and introduction of the amendment. Amendment No. 3020 (Purpose: To support the President's promise in 1993 to not require significant additional cuts in programs that affect rural America, to preserve the safety net for family farmers which represent the backbone of American Agriculture, to maintain the competitiveness of American Agriculture, and to ensure a future supply of American Agricultural products)