David Thomas: “This is a bill by our colleague from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter). It was introduced on January 7, 1997, and in yielding…”

very briefly, no one would argue there are activities which are inherently governmental and should be performed by the Government. However, the Government should not engage in activities which are already offered in the private sector. I…

I wish to speak in general about the bill, not on the specific amendments, about what I think we are doing and the importance, frankly, of what we are doing. We are talking, of course, about ethics, about how we function within this body…

I think this is a very equitable and timely distribution of these funds. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.

I ask unanimous cosent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, at 4:15 p.m. to hold a hearing on nominations. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…