Don Nickles

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I heard my colleague from New Jersey making a very eloquent statement concerning the violence in the Middle East. I certainly share his concern and his wish that peace will be restored amongst the Palestinians and the Israelis. I also heard him compliment the President on his efforts. And I compliment the President on his efforts in trying to contain the violence. But I am critical of the administration for a couple of things. I am critical of the administration for not vetoing Security Council Resolution 1322, which passed the Security Council on October 7. We could have vetoed this resolution. It was a biased resolution. It was an unbalanced resolution, a resolution that criticized Israel and did not criticize the Palestinians. The Palestinians have been very involved in creating a lot of the violence. This is a one-sided resolution. This administration did not veto it, for whatever reason. Now the United Nations is considering another resolution, from what I understand from press reports and so on, that very strongly condemns Israel and is somewhat silent on the Palestinians. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent this Security Council resolution 1322 be printed in the Record.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Brownback), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Burns), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms), and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms), and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms), and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams), are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I object.

Mr. NICKLES. I am asking the Senator from Arizona a question. The unanimous consent request that you are now making is to take up and pass the bill that passed last night, without objection. It passed by a voice vote late last night, unanimously, through the House of Representatives, and is the bill that the Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Slater, urged that the Senate and the Congress pass?

Mr. NICKLES. I compliment my friend from Arizona because, one, you are showing flexibility. I compliment you because you have stated what your preference is. You have your preference in the bill that passed out of the Commerce Committee, of which you are the Chair and Senator Hollings is the ranking member. But you are also saying, if I cannot get that, realizing that we are on overtime right now and we are running out of days, you are willing to say, let's take the House- passed bill. The House-passed bill passed unanimously. That does not happen all that often around here for legislation that is this significant. The Senator from Arizona is saying he is willing to take it and pass it. It is the same bill that the administration says they want. And it will become law if we can get this consent agreed to. So I compliment my colleague from Arizona. I hope our colleagues would possibly even reconsider and let us pass this bill tonight or tomorrow.

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

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) would vote ``yea.''

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) are necessarily absent. I further announce that if present and voting, the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) would vote ``yea.''

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Murkowski), are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) is necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) is necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Helms) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Gregg) is necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Utah, (Mr. Hatch) and the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Grams) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch) would vote ``yea.''

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) are necessarily absent.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation. The hearing will take place on, Thursday, October 5, 2000 at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the electricity challenges facing the Northwest. Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their testimony to the Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 364 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150. For further information, please call Trici Heninger at (202) 224- 7875.

Mr. NICKLES

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Smith) the Senator from Washington (Mr. Gorton), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Jeffords) are necessarily absent.