Bob Dole: “Let me indicate, as I will do in the closing statement, there will be no votes today. There will be no votes on Monday.…”

“Let me indicate, as I will do in the closing statement, there will be no votes today. There will be no votes on Monday. The first vote will occur at 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7. Let me also indicate, it is necessary to go through this procedure of filling up the tree so we can take action on this bill without having nongermane amendments offered to it. I would indicate we have made a proposal to the Democratic leadership with reference to minimum wage. I have asked Senator Lott to try to resolve that with Senator Daschle and others. We hope they can reach some agreement so we can start bringing up legislation and passing it. This bill should not take 5 minutes. It may take 2 or 3 days. But I hope that is not the case. I know there was some misinformation about the Senator from Arkansas, Senator Pryor, holding up the bill. That is not accurate. He did raise some questions last night about how we might treat other people who had the same problem, where they have incurred big legal expenses through no fault of their own because they have been called to testify or because of something being investigated.”