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On the recordApril 14, 2010
Madam President, with the consent of the minority, I suggest we go into a period of morning business for 1 hour, and at 2 o'clock we go back on this bill. As soon as Senator Coburn comes-- Chairman Baucus will be here around 2:15 and he will be ready to offer his first amendment. If there are any procedural issues, which there shouldn't be because this point of order was not well taken--so if there is anything we need to do, staff will be working on that so that procedurally we can get to him. We all know that at 2:15 we will be back on the bill, and Senator Coburn will be offering his first amendment. ____________________
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