Bill Bennett

We are now on the Dayton amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The vote occurs in relation to the Dayton amendment, No. 1844, as modified.

I concur with my colleague's views on the need to move this ARS position to Pullman, WA, from Prosser, WA, and will work with Senator Kohl in conference to have language included in the final report.

as I examine this question, it is a question that involves the traditions and procedures of the full committee. At the risk of being accused of dodging, I would prefer to have Senator Cochran as chairman of the full committee examine and…

That means, Mr. President, that there will be no more votes tonight, and amendments that require rollcall votes will be voted on in the morning, and that we will go to final passage immediately at 9:30 tomorrow after disposing of any…

we need a little background on this amendment. It may be controversial. I understand there are some Senators who have opposed it and will be coming to the floor. It would allow the producers on the National Dairy Promotion and Research…

I call for a vote on this by voice. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 1773) was rejected.

There is a briefing going on in the Capitol with Members of the Senate invited to attend. Accordingly, with the approval of leadership, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 5 o'clock. There being no objection, the…

I am unaware of any other Senator who is planning to offer any amendment. I don't want to cut anybody off, but I made it clear during the vote that all amendments have to be offered tonight and all debate take place tonight. We are…

throughout this entire process, both at subcommittee and at full committee level, Senator Feinstein and Senator Craig have expressed great interest and concern about specialty crops, and they have asked us to take action with respect to…

the hour of 4 o'clock has come and gone. That was the hour by which all amendments to the bill had to be submitted. We had 120. We have disposed affirmatively of 31 of those, and we are not at all sure the other roughly 90 are all going to…

With that, Mr. President, we continue to go through the amendments that are available to us to see if they can be cleared on both sides in an effort to get them cleared. But I say, once again, to Senators who may be watching, we need to…

the President's request for this program was $10 million. This amendment doubles it and takes the money away from computers at a time when the Department is doing its very best to increase its interoperability and raise its level of…