Arlen Specter: “we are scheduled to vote in 3 minutes. We have a good many amendments which have been filed so far. We are going to be…”

“we are scheduled to vote in 3 minutes. We have a good many amendments which have been filed so far. We are going to be looking to start the debate early tomorrow morning. I urge my colleagues who have amendments and who would like to debate them early--a good time to find time to debate is on Tuesday morning, which is a lot better than Thursday afternoon. I urge our colleagues to come forward and state their willingness to debate. As I stated earlier, we are going to be holding the votes to 15 minutes plus the 5-minute grace period. We are going to be cutting them off at 20 minutes. We are going to establish that pattern on this bill, with the majority leader's authorization. We know the practice on some occasions has been to have the votes run 30 minutes or 35 minutes, a long time, which eats into the floor time. We have a big job ahead of us on this bill this week. I urge my colleagues to come within the 20- minute timeframe. I ask unanimous consent that the second vote be a 10-minute vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.”