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Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote yes on...
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Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, first of all, this debate, if it is like most...
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Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I yield myself such time as I might consume, but I...
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Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, before the Senator from Idaho speaks, I want to...
Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I thank the chairman of the Finance Committee, and...
Mr. CRAIG. Sixty-two Senators said: Do not negotiate away our trade laws, or...
Mr. GRASSLEY. I yield the remainder of the time to Senator Nickles.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, how much time remains?
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 3 minutes.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the...
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Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to add 3 minutes to my time.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, first of all, I appreciate that both sides should...
Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. DORGAN. Of course. I have very limited time. You have used all your time.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senator be granted an...
Mr. GREGG. And that 5 minutes be granted also on this side.
Mr. DORGAN. No. We have a vote.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, we have a vote scheduled. I will yield on my time...
Mr. GREGG. Well, the vote is scheduled to start at 10:30. It would be just an...
Mr. REID. What was the request?
Mr. GREGG. I asked unanimous consent the Senator be granted an additional 5...
Mr. REID. Objection.
Mr. DORGAN. I was willing to yield ever so slightly because I have such limited...
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Mr. DORGAN. We will have a cloture vote this morning, and my expectation is...
CLOTURE MOTION
Cloture Motion
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. AKAKA), the...
Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. HELMS)...
Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, could the Chair inform me as to the...
Mr. McCAIN. I understand.
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UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--H.R. 5005
Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to...
Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, I listened intently to my colleague and friend...
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Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, if the Senator will yield for a second, I ask...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Madam President, I thank my colleague from North Dakota. If the...
Mr. BYRD. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. HOLLINGS. I am delighted to yield.
Mr. BYRD. Is he telling me that trade agreements can be negotiated without this...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BYRD. Is that what he is saying?
Mr. HOLLINGS. I tell the distinguished Senator from West Virginia, they...
Mr. BYRD. I thought the President was saying to the country that he has to have...
Mr. HOLLINGS. No, sir, he doesn't. I can tell you now he wants the fast track...
Mr. BYRD. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. HOLLINGS. Yes.
Mr. BYRD. What I have been hearing the administration say is that this is trade...
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Mr. HOLLINGS. There is no question, Senator----
Mr. BYRD. That is not what the President has been saying, is it?
Mr. HOLLINGS. No. You bring out the point that this is bipartisan. President...
Mr. BYRD. We didn't give it, did we?
Mr. HOLLINGS. That is right. They said if we pass NAFTA we would get 200,000...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. HOLLINGS. As the distinguished Senator from Texas always says, they are...
Summary
MOVING FORWARD AMID THE BACKDROP OF WAR
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Mr. HOLLINGS. Now you begin to see what I started to talk about--the...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Madam President, you will see on page 44 that the Social Security...
Mr. BYRD. Madam President, will the Senator yield?
Mr. HOLLINGS. I yield.
Mr. BYRD. But don't we need this trade promotion authority? Don't we need this...
Mr. HOLLINGS. I just read a list of products, showing how the fix is on with...
Mr. BYRD. Right.
Mr. HOLLINGS. But here is how it is regulated. The President comes over and he...
Wheeling, Dealing, To Assure a Victory
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Mr. HOLLINGS. The point is the fix is in. Members get all kinds of favors for...
Mr. HOLLINGS. Mitchell Daniels, on September 4, 2001--7 days before September...
Infectious Fraud
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Mr. HOLLINGS. Here's another headline from July 31, ``Automakers Get Even More...
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Welch's March to the South
Mr. HOLLINGS. Just two years ago Mr. Welch met with his suppliers and said to...
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Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, before the Senator from South Carolina leaves,...
Mr. HOLLINGS. I thank the distinguished Senator. He is overgenerous to me. But...
Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, building on the comments of the Senator from...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, earlier today a number of the minority held a press...
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Mrs. CARNAHAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning...
Mrs. CARNAHAN. I ask unanimous consent that the time used be counted against my...
Mrs. CARNAHAN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I see a Senator on the other side who is prepared to...
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I would like to speak on TPA at sometime during...
Mr. BYRD. I thank the Senator. He would need 7 minutes?
Mr. BROWNBACK. That is approximately the amount of time I would speak.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, ordinarily I would suggest that the Senator take his 7...
Mr. BYRD. There is not a vote at that point?
Mr. BYRD. Very well. Mr. President, I have the floor, do I not?
Mr. BYRD. I have an hour under the cloture motion?
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I yield to the distinguished Senator for 7 minutes.
Mr. BROWNBACK. I will try to do it in around 5 minutes. [Page:...
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Mr. BYRD. I yield for no more than 7 minutes on his time, but I retain my right...
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I thank the Senator for his courtesy. I want to...
Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield for a unanimous consent request?
Mr. BYRD. Yes, I yield.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have spoken with the distinguished President pro...
Mr. BYRD. Yes.
Mr. REID. I, therefore, ask unanimous consent that the defense matter which is...
Mr. REID. So the President pro tempore can use his time postcloture and can...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished majority whip. As always, he...
Mr. REID. I thank the Senator.
Mr. BAUCUS. Will the Senator yield for a unanimous consent?
Mr. BYRD. I yield to the distinguished Senator for a unanimous consent request...
Mr. BAUCUS. I ask unanimous consent I be able to speak for 7 minutes concluding...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, in the dead of night, under cover of darkness, near...
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Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, today we stand on the precipice of passing a...
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Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
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