Heidi Alexander: “I wish to thank Senators on both sides of the aisle and staff members for working together to have a good process this…”

“I wish to thank Senators on both sides of the aisle and staff members for working together to have a good process this week on our first appropriations bills. We have three of them that we made progress on. We had six recorded votes in the last couple of days. We have about 20 other amendments-- most of them bipartisan--which we believe we could adopt by a voice vote, but we have one or two recorded votes that we are going to need to take this afternoon unless we have agreements otherwise. Amendment No. 2983 to Amendment No. 2910 Mr. President, based on that, I ask unanimous consent to call up the Bennet-Gardner amendment No. 2983. I further ask consent that at 2 p.m., the Senate vote in relation to the Bennet amendment, and that no second-degree amendments be in order to the amendment prior to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Alexander], for Mr. Bennet, proposes an amendment numbered 2983 to amendment No. 2910.”