Mr. President, following leader remarks there be a period of morning business until 3 p.m. At 3 p.m., the Senate will resume consideration of the Federal Aviation Administration bill. There will be a short recess around 4:20 p.m. in order to welcome the Prime Minister of Slovenia to the Senate floor. At 4:30 the Senate will turn to executive session to debate concurrently three district court nominations. Those nominations are Paul Holmes of Arkansas, Diana Saldana of Texas, and Marco Hernandez of Oregon. At 5:30 there will be two rollcall votes on confirmation of the Saldana and Holmes nominations in the order that was just entered. ____________________
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