Judd Gregg

Mr. GREGG

Mr. GREGG. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, is it now in order to move on to the amendment of the Senator from New Mexico?

Mr. GREGG. As I understand it, that is acceptable to Senator Talent.

Mr. GREGG. No.

Mr. GREGG. I will withhold that.

Mr. GREGG. That is correct.

Mr. GREGG. As a matter of fairness, that is the only way to approach it. At this time the Senator from Washington is ready to go and we can proceed.

Mr. GREGG. I appreciate the Senator from Washington yielding and the Senator from North Dakota for allowing us to proceed here, also in arranging for this. At this time, I ask unanimous consent the debate time on the pending Cantwell amendment be extended to 12 noon and that the time from 10:45 to 12 noon be equally divided, except that the Senator from Washington shall, within that time, receive an additional 5 minutes; that any amendments to the language proposed to be stricken be limited to the time specified above and any second-degree amendments would be limited to the time specified under the agreement: that within the time allocated, Senator Talent shall have the right to offer an amendment relative to ANWR; that the following first-degree amendments are to be offered during today's session within the time limits specified, all time equally divided: Senator Grassley's amendment re: agriculture, from 12 to 1:30; Senator Bingaman's amendment relative to FMAP, from 1:30 to 2 p.m.; Senator Byrd amendment re: VISAS, from 2 to 3; Senator Lott and Senator Lautenberg amendment relative to Amtrak, from 3 to 3:30; Senator McCain amendment re: spectrum date change, from 3:30 to 4:15; Senator Murray's amendment re: dual eligibles, from 4:15 to 5 p.m.; Senator Ensign's amendment re: DTV, 5 to 5:30; and Senator Landrieu's amendment on coastal impact or a Senator Conrad-designated amendment, from 5:30 to 6 p.m.

Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, we will be going to ANWR here in a second, and then we will go to the Grassley-Dorgan amendment, and then the Democratic leader of the bill will, I presume, compose an amendment and then we will go to the Lott amendment on Amtrak. Is that the understanding?

Mr. GREGG. But the understanding is we should put somebody in----

Mr. GREGG. From 2 to 3.

Mr. GREGG. All right.

Mr. GREGG. That is applicable to the ANWR language.

Mr. GREGG. During the period of pending debate from now until 12:00.

Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I think it is important for people to appreciate what the Senator from North Dakota has said. Tomorrow, we will a have a minimum of 5 hours of votes. Some of these votes are going to get fairly complicated because there will be points of order of various nature. People will have to be here all day and ready to vote. If our membership remembers, during the Budget Committee, the Senator from North Dakota and myself took a position that we should move quickly through the votes, and we will take the same position tomorrow. Members should be on the floor tomorrow all day.

Mr. GREGG. That is correct.

Mr. GREGG

Mr. GREGG. If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that the Senate stand in adjournment under the previous order, following the remarks of the Senator from Florida and the Senator from Oregon.

Mr. GREGG

Mr. GREGG. I believe my unanimous consent request was for 20 minutes for the Senator from Oregon, and I will add to that that the Senator from Florida be given 2 minutes.

Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that there be a period for morning business with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each, with Senator Wyden permitted to speak up to 20 minutes.

Mr. GREGG

Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator yield for a question?

Mr. GREGG. We are giving your side 12 minutes, and I am getting 5 minutes. It does not sound to me that you are getting frozen out.

Mr. GREGG. I don't think the agreement reflected two amendments; it reflected one amendment. Let us take a look at it while the amendment of Senator Inhofe is going forward and see if we can work it out.

Mr. GREGG. We will have a response, I presume. That is another 20 minutes.

Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that be the order of business.

Mr. GREGG

Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, it is my understanding that at this point the Senator from North Dakota is yielding time to the Senator from Maryland, and it will be taken from the time of the Senator from North Dakota. After the Senator from Maryland makes his statement, I will reclaim the floor.