Mr. President, I call up the Conrad-Gregg amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to setting aside the pending amendment? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Conrad], for himself and Mr. Gregg, proposes an amendment numbered 3302 to amendment No. 3299.
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