Ted Stevens

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask this amendment be agreed to.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, Senator Pressler has an amendment at the desk. I ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 503, S. 1831.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I shall not object, but I want to make it clear in the Record, if we can, that the Senator from Texas has the right to modify her amendment tomorrow in any form she wishes to do so. We will oppose it in its present form, and we will oppose it unless it meets an agreement of the managers of the bill.

Mr. STEVENS. And the amendment offered by the Senator from Texas be subject to a time agreement we have already entered into, 30 minutes in the usual form, subject to the restrictions contained in the time agreement that has already been entered into on S. 39.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I know of no further business to come before the Senate on this bill. As I understand it, all of the amendments that were to be considered by the time agreement have now been brought before the Senate, and there is no more time left--I yield back whatever time I have. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Cohen be added as a cosponsor of the amendment of Senator Snowe, which was previously adopted.

Mr. STEVENS. We did. Subject to the consideration--30 minutes was allowed on any amendment in the first degree. It will not be subject to second-degree amendment.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I do now ask that we have the agreement I sought previously; the clerk, working with the staffs of the two managers, myself and Senator Kerry, be permitted to make technical changes necessary to conform this amendment. I have sent to the desk the managers' amendment with the Snowe amendment. We will now have another amendment offered, which I intend to oppose, by the way, but it will be offered. Should it be adopted tomorrow, then it would be inserted into this amendment. So it would be an amendment to this managers' amendment we offered.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent the bill be deemed read for a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill appear at this point in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3802, which is at the desk.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent the resolution be deemed agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and that any statements relating to the resolution appear in the Record at this point.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 120, and the Senate now proceed to its consideration.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the consideration en bloc of H.R. 3676, which is at the desk, Calendar 560, which is S. 2006, and Calendar 561, which is S. 2007.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read for a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and any statements relating to the bill appear at this point in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 517, H.R. 2909.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read for a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and any statements relating to the bill appear at this point in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 459, H.R. 1772.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I am proud to be able to offer this resolution which confers honorary citizenship of the United States on Mother Teresa. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be deemed read the third time, passed, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and that any statements relating to the resolution appear at this point in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of House Joint Resolution 191, which was received from the House.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table, en bloc, the committee amendment be agreed to, the bill be deemed read for the third time, passed, as amended, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill appear at this point in the Record.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I send two amendments to the desk, en bloc, on behalf of Senator Hatch, and I ask for their consideration.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 563, S. 982.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I now ask for second reading, and I object to my own request on behalf of the other side of the aisle.