Ted Stevens

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I will make a motion to table the amendment of the Senator from Arkansas, and after the Senator from Iowa, I will make a motion, but I got unanimous consent that those votes occur at 2:30.

Mr. STEVENS. The Senator from Arkansas has the floor.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I would be pleased if the Senator would agree to try to reach a time agreement on that, because we have other Senators wishing to offer amendments this afternoon also. Mr. President, may I ask the Senator, first, that the Senator yield to me? I apologize.

Mr. STEVENS. How much time would the Senator like to have?

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, if I still have the floor, how much time does the Senator from Montana seek?

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

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

Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendments were agreed to, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS. Could we have an agreement that there be 30 minutes on this amendment? Is the Senator from Montana speaking against the amendment?

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be agreed to en bloc.

Mr. STEVENS. I am seeking a limitation of 30 minutes on the amendment, that the time following that time to be--I will make a motion to table, only a motion to table be in order.

Mr. STEVENS

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the measure pending before the Senate be temporarily set aside so we can have consideration of the Cuba rights resolution. I would like to turn the management of that over to Senator Mack of Florida.

Mr. STEVENS

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send to the desk an amendment which is one of the relevant amendments listed by the majority leader. It is on behalf of Senator Crapo, dealing with the transfer of funds from the environmental programs and management account of the EPA to the State and tribal assistant grant account. This has been cleared on both sides, and I ask that it be considered.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to remove from the list Senator DeWine's amendment on steel and Senator Murray's amendment on rural schools.

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

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to send to the desk and consider, en bloc, the following amendments: A Kohl-Harkin-Durbin amendment to provide funding for conservation technical assistance; a Bond-Durbin-Ashcroft-Grassley-Frist-Harkin amendment for additional funding for section 32 assistance to producers; a Byrd amendment to provide additional funding for rural water infrastructure; a technical amendment of my own regarding the provision of emergency assistance made available for fiscal year 1999; a Feinstein-Boxer amendment to increase the emergency funds made available for emergency grants to low-income migrant and seasonal workers. The last amendment deals with a $5 million increase which we believe is offset with the current bill. The others are offset.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send the amendments to the desk.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendments be dispensed with.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the adoption of these amendments en bloc.