Larry Pressler

Mr. PRESSLER

Mr. PRESSLER. I ask adoption of the Simon amendment and the Moseley- Braun amendment.

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

Mr. PRESSLER

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I want to thank all Senators for that outstanding cloture vote and to say that now in this postcloture period, I hope Senators will bring their amendments to the floor. We are ready to proceed. Senator Dole has indicated a desire of possibly finishing the bill today or tonight. We hope we can do that. I think we are on the way to passing a deregulatory, procompetitive telecommunications bill. I thank all Senators for their cooperation. We hope that Senators who have speeches or amendments will bring them to the floor. Amendment No. 1306 (Purpose: To protect ratepayers from having to pay civil penalties for violations by local exchange carriers of interconnection and other duties)

Mr. PRESSLER. Reserving the right to object until we can get a copy of it over here. We are trying to be cooperative and move the process forward. Some of these amendments have been modified at the very last minute. We have a system of reading these over here, and we would like to get a copy of it.

Mr. PRESSLER. Reserving the right to object, I do not think my colleague from South Carolina has a copy of the modified amendment with the handwritten changes. This is a problem procedurally that we have here with these modifications. Amendments must be modified, sometimes. Let me ask, this is written in longhand. I cannot see, ``damages or interest'' is inserted where?

Mr. PRESSLER

Mr. PRESSLER. By the way, we are looking forward very much to hearing the Senator's views on this. We have been holding the option open. I ask unanimous consent that at 4 p.m. today, the Senate proceed to vote on the McCain amendment 1276, to be followed immediately by a vote on the motion to table the Feinstein amendment number 1270, and that the time between now and 4 p.m, which is 1 minute, be equally divided in the usual form for debate on either amendment. So there would be no further debate. I think we have debated both amendments.

Mr. PRESSLER

Mr. PRESSLER. I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. PRESSLER. Madam President, I thank my colleagues. I think we are holding the committee bill together and moving forward. There is now, under the unanimous consent as I understand it, to be a speech from Senator Simon, which he has been waiting to give. He is prepared to go.

Mr. PRESSLER. Will the Senator yield?

Mr. PRESSLER. Madam President, how much time remains, and who is it allocated to?

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I believe that that brings our activities on the telecommunications bill to a close today. I think we have made good progress, and I think the committee bill has held together. I know there are Senators present with speeches, but I wish to thank all Senators.

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Exon amendment be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

Mr. PRESSLER. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

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

Mr. PRESSLER. I send a second-degree amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Byrd.

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

Mr. PRESSLER. I ask that the pending amendments be laid aside, and I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Exon.

Mr. PRESSLER

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance be permitted to meet on Tuesday, June 13, 1995 beginning at 10:00 [[Page S8289]] a.m. in room SD-215, to conduct a hearing on the business and financial practices of the American Association of Retired Persons.

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 13, at 2:00 p.m.

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 13, 1995, at 10:00 a.m.

Mr. PRESSLER. 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 Tuesday, June 13, 1995, for purposes of conducting a Full Committee hearing which is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on S. 755, a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for the privatization of the United States Enrichment Corporation.

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be allowed to meet during the Tuesday, June 13, 1995 session of the Senate for the purpose of conducting a hearing on the nomination of Roberta Gross to be Inspector General of NASA and an oversight hearing on NASA's Mission to Planet Earth program.

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 1995, in open session, to hold a hearing to consider the nomination of John White to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be allowed to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, June 13, 1995, at 9:30 a.m., in SR-332, to discuss commodity policy.

Mr. PRESSLER

Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate immediately proceed to the consideration of the following Executive Calendar nominations: Calendar No. 175, Robert F. Rider; Calendar No. 176, John D. Hawke, and Calendar No. 177, Linda Lee Robertson. I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be considered en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, that any statements relating to the nominations appear at the appropriate place in the Record, that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and that the Senate then return to legislative session.