Wendell Ford

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I have been trying to work out on our side as it relates to amendments, and I have not seen this list yet. I want to be sure, when I have told my colleagues that their amendment has been accepted, I want it on the managers' list or I want it on the amendments yet to be worked out.

Mr. FORD. I want to be sure that all of these amendments--I have not seen the list, I say to my friend, and would like to work it out.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, would the Senator yield for a question?

Mr. FORD. I was trying to keep up with you, with the Senator. Senator Dodd has one as it relates to Lyme Disease.

Mr. FORD. That is in the package?

Mr. FORD. Then he still has two left.

Mr. FORD. I understand. That is correct.

Mr. FORD

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

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I rise today to commend a fellow Kentuckian and my friend, William B. Greenwood of Central City, who will be installed as president of the nation's largest insurance association-- the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA)--next month in Boston. Bill is president of C.A. Lawton Insurance, an independent insurance agency located in Central City. Bill's career as an independent insurance agent has been marked with outstanding dedication to his clients, his community, IIAA, the State association--the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky--his colleagues and his profession. At the state level, Bill served as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky in 1983, and was named the Kentucky association's Insurer of the Year in 1986. He was Kentucky's representative to IIAA's National Board of State Directors for seven years beginning in 1985. Bill also has been very active with IIAA. He served as chairman of its Communications and Membership Committees as well as chairman of the Future One Communications Task Force. Bill was elected to IIAA's Executive Committee in 1992 and since then he has exhibited a spirit of dedication and concern for his 300,000 independent agent colleagues around the country. Bill's selfless attitude also extends to his involvement in numerous Central City-area community activities. He received the 1989 Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award. He is on the Boards of Directors for the Leadership Kentucky Foundation, Kentucky Audubon Council Boy Scouts of America, and Central City, Main Street, Inc. In the past, Bill served on the Board of Directors of the Muhlenberg Community Theater, the Everly Brothers Foundation, and the Central City Main Street and Redy Downtown Development Corporation. Also, Bill is past president of the Central City Chamber of Commerce and the Central City Lions Club. Bill's professional endeavors outside IIAA extend to serving on the board of directors and serving as president of the First United Holding Company, which owns Central City's First National Bank. I have complete confidence that Bill will serve with distinction and provide strong leadership as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of America. I wish him and his lovely wife, Leslie, all the best as IIAA President and First Lady over the next year.

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is absent due to a death in the family. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) would vote ``no.''

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is absent due to a death in family. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) would vote ``aye.''

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is absent due to a death in family. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) would vote ``aye.''

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is absent due to a death in the family. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) would vote ``no.''

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) are necessarily absent. I also announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is absent due to a death in the family. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) would vote ``aye.''

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) are necessarily absent. I also announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is absent due to a death in the family. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) would vote ``aye.''

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Bumpers) are necessarily absent.

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, may we have order?

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was rejected.

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, could you have a unanimous consent that we return to this immediately after the vote on the last amendment? Would that be suitable?

Mr. FORD. I won't object, but I want to be sure about it.

Mr. FORD. Reserving the right to object, I want to see what is in this amendment. Do you mind?

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. In my strategy and not yours.

Mr. FORD. Thirty seconds. The Senator from Texas said time and time again that we were destroying the medical system. With the AMA and 170 medical organizations in this country for our particular bill, I do not believe there is any indication that we are trying to destroy the medical profession in this country. Several Senators addressed the Chair.

Mr. FORD. I said 30 seconds.