Kent Conrad: “as the Senator from Illinois is coming to speak about a natural disaster that has hit his hometown, let me alert…”

“as the Senator from Illinois is coming to speak about a natural disaster that has hit his hometown, let me alert colleagues to once again please cooperate with the chairman and myself on trying to work out the timing of amendments. We have a series of amendments we are trying to get lined up to be debated tonight which we would then vote on tomorrow morning. We are running into a little bit of difficulty because of Senators' schedules. We urge people to try to work with us to resolve those matters as expeditiously as possible. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.”