Samuel Nunn

Mr. NUNN

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. NUNN. I urge its adoption.

Mr. NUNN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4070 (Purpose: To improve the National Security Education Program)

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Simon, I offer an amendment which would revise the National Security Education Program by revising the service requirement for award recipients and making other improvements in the program. I believe this amendment has also been cleared by the other side.

Mr. NUNN. Maybe we need to talk a moment.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Bingaman, for himself and Senator Smith, I offer an amendment which would revise the legislation governing the use of cooperative agreements and innovative transaction authorities under section 2371 of title X, United States Code. The revisions are supported by the Department of Defense. And I believe this amendment has also been cleared by the Republican side of the aisle.

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

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I object to the unanimous-consent request.

Mr. NUNN. I add to that unanimous-consent request that no second- degree amendments be in order.

Mr. NUNN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4082 (Purpose: To revise the provision relating to the environmental restoration accounts)

Mr. NUNN. I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4076 (Purpose: To amend the reporting requirement under demonstration project for purchase of fire, security, police, public works, and utility services from local government agencies)

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Byrd, for himself, Senators Ford and Feinstein, I offer an amendment which would authorize the Air National Guard to retain 10 C-130 aircraft in each of the five National Guard C-130 squadrons. I believe this amendment has been cleared on the other side.

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

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, has the second-degree amendment been accepted?

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. NUNN. I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4068 (Purpose: To increase authorizations of appropriations for the Air National Guard by $8,700,000 for support of 10 primary authorized C-130 aircraft for each airlift squadron in the Air National Guard of Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and California; and to increase various personnel end strength authorizations by 385 for support of such aircraft)

Mr. NUNN

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from North Carolina, have they completed their remarks and the introduction of their bill?

Mr. NUNN

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, we favor the Craig amendment on this side, and I recommend it be accepted.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, it is my understanding that the Senator from Nevada has a second-degree amendment now pending. Is that correct?

Mr. NUNN. I believe we are willing to accept the amendment on both sides who favor the original amendment. So I would suggest that the Senator might call the question on this amendment, and we can move on. I hope on Senator Bingaman's amendment on ASAT, we can get a time agreement, if that is satisfactory to the Senator from South Carolina. Then it is my understanding that Senator Murray has an amendment on abortion in overseas hospitals. If we can get a time agreement on both of those, I believe we can move both of those along in the next couple of hours. I would like Senator Bingaman to be notified that we are prepared to take up his amendment on ASAT and also enter into a time agreement that is satisfactory to him. Mr. ROBB addressed the Chair.

Mr. NUNN

Mr. NUNN. I congratulate both Senators on taking this step. I think there is nothing that is so discouraging and heartbreaking than to see the burnings that have taken place of churches across much of our country. I congratulate both the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from North Carolina. Maybe we can get unanimous support for denouncing this unexplainable and detestable series of acts. Whatever the cause, I think the message should go out that the U.S. Senate is firmly on record, both sides of the aisle, every political philosophy, deploring this kind of conduct. So I congratulate both Senators for introducing this bill. I know it will receive prompt and careful consideration by the Senate and the respective committees.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from North Carolina, have they completed their remarks and the introduction of their bill?