J. Thurmond

Mr. THURMOND

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

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I propose an amendment that would extend the Chiropractic Health Care Demonstration Program for 2 years and would include the National Capitol region as a demonstration site. In the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1995, Congress directed the Secretary of Defense to conduct a demonstration program to determine whether chiropractic health care should be provided as part of the military health care system. The legislation requires a comprehensive evaluation of the program. Representatives of the chiropractic health care community are required to be included in the evaluation process. The National Capitol region was not one of the 10 sites selected to be part of the demonstration. My amendment would expand the demonstration to include the National Capitol region. In order to include the experiences of chiropractic care in the National Capitol region in the evaluation, I propose to extend the demonstration program for 2 additional years. I am confident that this amendment will result in a better evaluation of the chiropractic care demonstration. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, we favor the amendment. We urge it be agreed to.

Mr. THURMOND

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. THURMOND

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. THURMOND

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, we are awaiting Senator Levin to come. I suggest that the Senator go ahead if he desires to do so.

Mr. THURMOND. Since the bill is up for consideration, I think we have to return to the morning hour and then the Senator can speak in morning business. I ask unanimous consent that we do so.

Mr. THURMOND

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there now be a period for the transaction of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes each.

Mr. THURMOND

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. THURMOND

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

Mr. THURMOND. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. THURMOND. Madam President, I am just notifying Senators that if they have any amendments, come over and we'll take them up. This is the time and this is the place. We are just killing time here, wasting time, wasting the Government's time, wasting our time waiting on people to come in and offer amendments. I want to say to my colleagues, if you have an amendment, come on over here and let's take it up and get action on it. I am here waiting to cooperate. Thank you very much. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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

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

Mr. THURMOND. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator McCain and ask for its immediate consideration.

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

Mr. THURMOND. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote.

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

Mr. THURMOND

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I now ask unanimous consent the Senate stand in adjournment under the previous order.

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Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, on behalf of the majority leader, I announce that tomorrow the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11 a.m. At 11 a.m, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 936, the Defense authorization bill. Under a previous consent, at 2:15 p.m. the Senate will proceed to cloture vote on the Defense authorization bill. As a reminder, under rule XXII, Senators have until 12:30 on Tuesday in order to file second-degree amendments to the defense bill. Following the cloture vote, the Senate will continue debating amendments to the bill in the hope of making substantial progress on the bill.

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Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I also ask unanimous consent from the hours of 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. the Senate stand in recess for the weekly policy luncheons to meet.

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand in adjournment until the hour of 10 o'clock a.m. on Tuesday, July 8. I further ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, immediately following the prayer, the routine requests through the morning hour be granted, and there then be a period of morning business until the hour of 11 a.m, with Senators to speak for up to 5 minutes, with the following exceptions: Senator Murray, 10 minutes; Senator Feingold, 15 minutes; Senator Lott or his designee, 30 minutes.

Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that at 11 a.m. the Senate resume consideration of S. 936, the Defense authorization bill.