Nancy Kassebaum

Mrs. KASSEBAUM

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate for a hearing on Tuesday, April 23, 1996, at 10 a.m., in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Keeping Up With the Trend: Issues Affecting Home-Based Business Owners.''

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 23 at 10 a.m., to hold a hearing to discuss Alzheimer's disease.

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Mrs. KASSEBAUM. 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 Thursday, April 18, 1996, to markup a resolution to authorize the committee to conduct an investigation of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association and related matters, amend the committee's rules to facilitate the investigation and related public hearings, and to authorize the issuance of subpoenas.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be allowed to meet during the Thursday, April 18, 1996, session of the Senate for the purpose of conducting a hearing on spectrum use and management. The PRESIDENT OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on energy and natural resources

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be granted permission to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 18, 1996, for purposes of conducting a full committee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony on the Tongass land management plan.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 18, at 2 p.m. to hold a business meeting to vote on pending items.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to conduct three consecutive hearings during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, April 17, Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19, 1996, on the President's budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Indian programs and related budgetary issues from fiscal year 1996. The hearings will be held at 1:30 p.m. each day in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 18, 1996, at 10 a.m. to hold an executive business meeting.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Small Business be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate for a hearing on Thursday, April 18, 1996, at 9:30 a.m., in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing focusing on ``Small Business and Employee Involvement: The TEAM Act Proposal.''

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion of the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, April 18, 1996, at 10 a.m.

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Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I ask that we now proceed to vote on the motion to table the amendment of the Senator from Vermont. The yeas and nays have been ordered.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, yes. This is not acceptable. The reason is that it is authorizing legislation which I believe needs to come through committee and the committee procedure before we would authorize this on this bill regarding health insurance reform. That would be the objection of the managers of the bill. Mr. SPECTER addressed the Chair.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. After the Coats amendment there are only two amendments I know of at this point that will require votes on this side, one is a Gramm amendment and, I believe, perhaps a Burns amendment.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I very much appreciate that Senator Simon is always very accommodating. The Senator from Illinois is a superb debater. I would still have to object. If there is no further debate, I will move to table the Simon amendment.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Yes. Mr. President, if I may just speak for a moment, this is objected to by the Finance Committee because it deals with Medicare. They would like to debate that at another time, even though it is just a sense-of-the-Senate resolution.

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Ms. KASSEBAUM. Yes; that is my understanding. Mr. BURNS addressed the Chair.

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Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Parliamentary inquiry. Mr. President, I believe I moved to table the amendment of the Senator from Indiana, is that correct, and that I had asked for the yeas and nays at that time?

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. So this is a tabling motion. Vote On Amendment No. 3685

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Change of Vote

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. I yield back my time.

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Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I second those observations. Senator Rockefeller has cared for a long time, as well, about a wide breadth of health issues, particularly as regards to children. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Domenici] be added as the 66th cosponsor of the bill before us.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. The next speaker is the leader of the Republican health care task force. Senator Bennett has been a very, very strong and constructive Member of the Senate, working with health care issues. I have certainly valued his advice and support in this endeavor.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. Mr. President, I would like to express appreciation to the Senator from Utah, who gave such a very thoughtful opening statement, I think, by example, showing concretely why the provisions of this bill are important. I know that the majority leader, the senior Senator from Kansas, has also over the years been cognizant of the very things that Senator Bennett, as the leader of the Republican health care task force, spoke so eloquently and sincerely about. I am very appreciative.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. I thank the Senator from Rhode Island. He, too, has been a long-time worker in the vineyards of health care, a staunch leader in the last Congress to find some answers and to bring people together to present health care reform. I value his support in helping us work through the language in this bill. Mr. JEFFORDS addressed the Chair.

Mrs. KASSEBAUM. I think maybe you better take it. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.