Bill Bennett: “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…”

“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 be offered. The majority leader has made it clear he wants to finish this bill tonight, and so I say to those who have amendments still on the list, if they do not show up to offer their amendments, we will move to third reading at an appropriate time. We want to accommodate the majority leader's desire. I think it is the desire of most of the Members of the Senate to move forward. So I say to the other Members who do have amendments, you are on notice that if you do not let us know you are going to be here and try to reserve some time to call up your amendment, we will indeed move to third reading. There are hotlines that have been going out to Senators who have amendments filed to give them that message. We will go forward in that fashion. Amendments Nos. 1754 and 1755 Mr. President, I do have two additional amendments to those that have already been cleared, which I send to the desk and ask for their immediate consideration. Both are on behalf of Senator Salazar of Colorado. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendments will be considered en bloc. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett], for Mr.…”