William Roth

Mr. ROTH

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

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to send an amendment to the desk by Senator DeWine of Ohio.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I send a second-degree amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Lott and I ask that it be considered.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I send three second-degree amendments to the desk on behalf of Senator Lott, and I ask unanimous consent that they be considered as read and be numbered accordingly.

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

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I send a managers' amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. ROTH. It has nothing to do with Senator Lott. What it provides is that I may offer a managers' amendment this evening, and that tomorrow I may amend it, with the concurrence of the chairman and ranking member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it now be in order for me to offer a managers' amendment this evening, and further, prior to final passage of the bill on Wednesday, it be in order for me, Senator Roth, to modify my amendment after the concurrence of the chairman and ranking member of the Budget Committee.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, on behalf of Mr. Lott I send an amendment to the desk in the second degree to amendment No. 448, proposed by Mr. Chafee.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I submit an amendment on behalf of Senator D'Amato on Medicare, on the duplication provision for consideration tomorrow.

Mr. ROTH. Could the Senator yield so I can send this amendment to the desk for consideration?

Mr. ROTH. That would be the intent of the chairman.

Mr. ROTH. I move to waive the point of order.

Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I move to waive the point of order.

Mr. ROTH. Well, I think there is an accountability in the program. There was considerable discussion about wanting to make certain that these funds were spent by the States for the purpose of children's health insurance. So, yes, we did ensure that that had to be used for that purpose.

Mr. ROTH. Yes.

Mr. ROTH. I will make one comment regarding the figures as to what it costs to cover children. What we did in committee is agree that there should be outreach, that we do want to ensure that all children that are not currently insured have the opportunity of having such insurance. But there is a lack of precision in the information, and that essentially creates the problem. I think all you have to do is listen to the discussion that we are having here this evening and it shows you that you don't have hard figures on this. But it was agreed upon, in a bipartisan way, that we wanted to develop a program that would assure all children health care with the enactment of this legislation.

Mr. ROTH

Mr. ROTH. I am happy to confirm the Senator's understanding on both points. There is no intention to alter the manner of distribution of funds under demonstration waiver programs as long as those programs are in effect. Further, we do not intend any change in the budget and finance provisions of these demonstration waivers, where the DSH funds are used to expand coverage to the uninsured. Amendments Nos. 452, 453, and 454, En Bloc