AMENDMENTS. WITH TWO MEMBERS ON ONE SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVING
           100 AMENDMENTS, JUST TWO SENATORS HAVE 100 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
           PENDING. I MUST SAY ON OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE THERE ARE 75.
           THAT'S RIDICULOUS. WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT WE ARE
           GOING TO OFFER NOW AND WE NEED COOPERATION IN ORDER TO GET THAT
           DONE. WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING THE BILL REALLY SINCE THE LAST
           SESSION. EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE IN THE COMMITTEE, LAST YEAR

           WE SPENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS TALKING ABOUT IT. WE HAD FOUR CLOTURE
           VOTES. WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 14 DAYS ON IT. NOW THERE ARE
           SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE GOING TO
           HAVE COME UP, AND WE WILL VOTE ON. BUT I THINK NOW WE NEED TO
           GET SERIOUS ABOUT BRINGING IT TO A CONCLUSION AND AFTER LOOKING
           AT THE LIST OF AMENDMENTS, AND CONSULTING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
           LEADER I DO THINK WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET A CLOTURE VOTE SO
           THAT WE CAN ELIMINATE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE NOT RELATE TODAY

           -- DIRECTLY TO THIS BILL AND THEN BEGIN TO NARROW THE LIST. SO
           I DO SEND A MOTION TO THE DESK TO THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL REPORT. CLERK CLOTURE
           MOTION, WED THE UNDERSIGNED SENATORS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
           PROVISIONS OF RULE 22 OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE DO
           HEREBY MOVE TO BRING TO A CLOSE DEBATE ON THE MODIFIED
           COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO S. 1173, THE INTERMODAL SURFACE
           TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT SIGNED BY 16 SENATORS AS
           
           FOLLOWS: LOTT, CHAFEE, ASHCROFT, CRAIG, NICKLES, DEWINE,
           MURKOWSKI, SHELL BY, SMITH OF OREGON, BENNETT, THOMAS, ROBERTS,
           MCCONNELL, BURNS, ABRAHAM'S AND HELMS.
           

           MR. LOTT: MR. PRESIDENT, THE CLOTURE VOTE WILL OCCUR MONDAY,
           
           MARCH 9, PROBABLY AROUND 5:15
           
           P.M. OR 5:30 P.M. WE WILL CHECK WITH MEMBER SCHEDULES AND THE
           DEMOCRATIC LEADER. IT WILL BE AROUND THAT TIME. WE INDICATED
           THERE WOULD NOT BE
           
           A VOTE BEFORE 5:00 IT MAY BE
           
           AFTER 5:00 DEPENDING ON WHEN PLANES ARIEF AND WHEN WE GET
           AGREEMENT TO HAVE THIS VOTE SCHEDULED. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT
           THAT THE MANDATORY QUORUM UNDER RULE 22 BE WAIVED.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. DASCHLE: RESERVING THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, AND I WILL TO SO
           ONLY TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE MATTERS RACED BY THE MAJORITY
           LEADER. FIRST HE NOTED THAT WE HAVE SPENT AT LEAST THREE WEEKS
           ON THIS BILL ALREADY. TWO LAST FALL, AND ONE, THIS WEEK. HE
           LEGISLATION NOTED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTIVE WEEK AND BOY
           SHARE THAT VIEW. THIS HAS BEEN PRODUCTIVE. I WILL ENCOURAGE MY
           COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CLOTURE ON MONDAY NIGHT SIMPLY
           BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO COME TO CLOSURE. THERE ARE A LOT OF
           GOOD AMENDMENTS TO BE OFFERED YET. WE WILL HAVE THAT DEBATE,

           BUT WE CAN DO THAT UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS THAT CLOTURE PROVIDES
           AND I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING
           QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. I ALSO WANT TO COMPLEMENT, AS
           HE DID, OUR TWO MANAGERS. THEY HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO
           DATE IN WORKING WITH MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES. I WOULD HOPE THAT
           WE COULD CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS BOTH IN
           SCHEDULE AS WELL AS WITH THE LEGISLATION, AND I AM SURE THAT
           THAT WILL BE THE CASE. FINALLY LET ME THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO

           VOTED IN FAVOR OF TABLING THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT. I COMMEND THE
           LEADERSHIP ON BOTH SIDES WHO TOOK THE ACTIVE INTEREST IN
           ENLIGHTENING US ALL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DISADVANTAGED
           BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE
           OVERWHELMING VOTE THAT WE HAVE JUST HAD AND HOPEFULLY AT LONG
           LAST IT WILL PUT THIS ISSUE TO REST. AGAIN, MR. PRESIDENT, LET
           ME SAY THAT I SHARE THE SENTIMENT EXPRESSED BY THE LEADER. THIS
           IS A TIME TO MOVE THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD. THIS CLOTURE VOTE
           WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD

           DEBATE ON OTHER AMENDMENTS ON MONDAY, AND HAVE THAT VOTE MONDAY
           NIGHT SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE OUR WORK SOMETIME BY THE MIDDLE
           OF NEXT WEEK. AND I HAVE NO OBJECTION.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           

           MR. LOTT: I MIGHT NOTE THE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBER HAVE
           ASKED ME TO ADVISE MEMBERS THEY ARE GOING TO BE HERE FOR MORE
           TIME TODAY, INTO THE AFTERNOON. THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IF
           YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU THINK MAYBE THEY WILL
           NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM CONSIDERED,
           PERHAPS ACCEPTED OR GET THEM IN LINE TO BE CONSIDERED, I HOPE
           YOU WILL CONTACT THE CHAIRMAN OR RANKING MEMBER HERE IN THE
           NEXT HOUR. THEY WILL BE OFF THE FLOOR IN A MEETING FOR THE NEXT
           FEW MINUTES, BUT THEY PLAN TO STAY HERE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS

           TO WORK ON THIS BILL. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL FIRST
           DEGREE AMENDMENTS UNDER RESUME 22 BE FILED UP TO
           
           1:00 P.M. MONDAY, AND ON SECOND-DEGREE AMENDMENTS BY
           
           5:00 P.M., ON MONDAY.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. LOTT: I ASK THERE BE A PERIOD FOR MORNING BUSINESS
           
           UNTIL 12:00 NOON, WITH MEMBERS ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR UP TO TEN
           MINUTES EACH.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. LOTT: I UNDERSTAND AT 12:00 NOON, APPROXIMATELY, SENATOR
           BROWNBACK WILL BE READ TOY OFFER'S AMENDMENT OFFERING RAIL
           BANKS. I HOPE OTHER SENATORS WILL COME AND BE PREPARED TO OFFER
           AMENDMENTS AND HAVE THEM CONSIDERED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THIS
           AFTERNOON. WOULD THE SENATOR FROM IOWA LIKE ME TO YIELD.
           

           MR. HARKIN: IF THE LEADER WOULD YIELD FOR A QUESTION. ON THE
           HIGHWAY BILL, I AM CONCERNED THE BANKING COMMITTEE HAS TO OFFER
           ITS AMENDMENT ON TRANSIT, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLOTURE
           VOTE ON MONDAY NIGHT. DOES THAT COVER THE BANKING COMMITTEE'S
           PROVISIONS ON TRANSIT?
           BECAUSE SOME OF US WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RURAL TRANSIT MAY
           HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON RURAL TRANSIT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
           BANKING COMMITTEE AMENDMENT LOOKS LIKE.
           

           MR. LOTT: I UNDERSTAND THAT AMENDMENT IS BEING DRAFTED AND WE
           HOPE TO HAVE THAT OFFERED MONDAY, AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
           TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND BE INVOLVED IN IT AT THAT POINT.
           

           MR. HARKIN: IF THE LEADER WOULD YIELD FURTHER. IF THEY OFFER IT
           MONDAY, AND THE CLOTURE VOTE IS AT WHAT TIME, 35?
           
           

           MR. LOTT: 5:15, 5:30, MAYBE LATER.
           

           MR. HARKIN: THAT WOULD COVER THE BANKING COMMITTEE PROVISION.
           

           MR. LOTT: I THINK WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS WE HOPE TO HAVE THE
           BANKING ISSUE DONE BEFORE WE GET TO CLOTURE. BUT IF WE CAN'T
           GET IT WORKED OUT, THEN WE WILL TRY TO WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT
           SO THAT SENATORS CONCERNED WOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE. WE
           DON'T WANT TO FORECLOSE THAT, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY.
           

           MR. HARKIN: I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY AMENDMENTS TO
           THE UNDERLYING BILL. SOME OF US HAVE RURAL STATES MAY HAVE AN
           AMENDMENT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BANKING COMMITTEE COMES OUT
           WITH. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT UNTIL MONDAY. I
           AM CONCERN ABOUT HAVING THAT CLOTURE VOTE RIGHT AFTER THAT
           WITHOUT HAVING TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND CONSIDER IT AND TALK
           ABOUT IT WITH MEMBERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. THAT WAS MY

           ONLY CONCERN ON THAT. MR. TORRICELLI: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WHO SEEKS TIME?
           
           

           MR. LOTT: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD SAY AGAIN THAT THE SENATOR HAS
           LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GET AN AGREEMENT TO
           ACCOMMODATE THOSE CONCERNS. WE WOULD INTEND TO DO THAT.
           

           MR. HARKIN: I APPRECIATE THE LEADER'S COMMENTS.
           

           MR. LOTT: MR. PRESIDENT, BOY LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR A
           STATEMENT NOW.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE MAJORITY LEADER IS RECOGNIZED.
           

           MR. LOTT: THIS MORNING I AM PLEASE TODAY JOIN SENATOR FRIST OF
           TENNESSEE, WHO IS AN OUTSTANDING SENATOR, AND ALSO A DOCTOR
           THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND A LOT OF SENATORS SINCE HE
           JOINED THIS BODY SO I AM PLEASED TO JOIN WITH HIM TODAY IN
           INTRODUCING LEGISLATION ENTITLED "THE WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH
           AND PREVENTION ACT." THE BILL AUTHORIZES AND REAUTHORIZES A
           COLLECTION OF FIRST-CLASS RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN
           THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
           CONTROL AND PREVENTION. PREFT CANCER IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF

           DEATH IN WOMEN BETWEEN AGES 40 AND 55. ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY
           EIGHT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES WILL UNFORTUNATELY DEVELOP
           BREAST CANCER DURING THEIR LIFETIME. THE FRIST-LOTT BILL
           REAUTHORIZES BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAMS AT
           N.I.H. OSTEOPOROSIS IS A DISEASE WHERE BONES BECOME FRAGILE AND
           MORE LIKELY TO BREAK. MY WIFE IS BEGINNING TO CONFRONT THIS
           PARTICULAR PROBLEM. AS WOMEN AGE THEY LOSE BONE MASS, AND ARE

           AT RISK OF DEBILITATING ACCIDENTS SUCH AS FRACTURES. THIS BILL
           EXTENDS OSTEOPOROSIS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT N.I.H.
           WOMEN'S HEALTH, THOUGH, MEANS MORE THAN JUST HEALTH ISSUES
           SPECIFIC TO WOMEN. HEART DISEASE, FOR INSTANCE, THE NUMBER ONE
           KILLER IN THE U.S. OF WOMEN, OF COURSE ALSO EFFECTS MEN. IN
           GREAT NUMBERS. HYPERTENSION, A LEADING CAUTION OF HEART
           DISEASE, IS TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN IN
           MEN. IN ADDITION TO THESE THREE KEY RESEARCH AREAS, OUR BILL

           CONTINUES PROGRAMS IN THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND
           INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PROGRAM OF CANCER REGISTRIES AND THE
           MATTERLY DETECTION PROGRAM FOR BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER. I
           WILL SAY THE DESCRIPTION FURTHER DETAILS FOR THE AUTHOR OF THE
           BILL, SENATOR FRIST. THE SENATOR IS THE ONLY DOCTOR AND
           OUTSTANDING HEART SURGEON HIMSELF. HE IS CHAIRMAN. PUBLIC
           HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE AND OF THE SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AND ONE
           OF OUR KEY LEADERS ON ALL OF OUR HEALTH ISSUES. I AM PLEASED HE
           IS SERVING NOW ON OUR MEDICARE COMMISSION THAT IT ITS FIRST

           MEETING JUST YESTERDAY, INCLUDING MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. I
           OFTEN TURN TO HIM FOR ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON HEALTH MATTERS AND
           I WILL I CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE. I BELIEVE THAT JUST
           THIS MORNING SENATOR FRIST ATTENDED SOME OTHER MEETINGS WITH
           REGARD TO MEDICARE AND HEALTH THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN THIS
           EFFORT. I BELIEVE AND KNOW IT WILL BE A BIPARTISAN EFFORT. I
           WANT TO ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO
           COSPONSOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AND JUST THIS MORNING
           NOTED IT WAS MADE AWAY THAT SENATOR MACK IS A COSPONSOR AND
           SENATOR D'AMATO, SO WE ARE INVITING ALL MEMBERS TO JOIN US IN

           THIS VERY SERIOUS AND VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ACT
           OBJECT IN ORDER TO REAUTHORIZE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND
           AUTHORIZE NEW ONES. I THANK SENATOR FRIST ALREADY NIS
           LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA. I YIELD THE FLOOR.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY --
           

           MR. TORRICELLI: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT,
           INSCRIBED ON THE CORRIDORS OF THIS CAPITOL ARE THE WORDS OF
           WILLIAM HENRY HEIR SON FROM HIS PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL IN 1841
           AND HE SAID AND I QUOTE, "THE ONLY LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO GOVERN
           IS AN EXPRESS OF GRANT OF POWER FROM THE GOVERNED." INDEED THE
           VERY PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED IS THE FOUNDATION
           OF THIS DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THAT ISSUE WAS AT QUESTION IN THE
           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THIS WEEK. THE CONGRESS CONSIDERED THE

           ISSUE OF THE POLITICAL STATUS OF PUERTO RICO. MR. PRESIDENT, I
           BELIEVE IT IS CLEAR THAT IT IS NOT IN THE INTERESTS OF THESE
           UNITED STATES TO LEAVE THE 20TH CENTURY WITH IT BEING CLAIMED
           IN ANY CORRIDOR OF THIS GLOBE THAT THE UNITED STATES IS IN AN
           INVOLUNTARY POLITICAL ARRANGEMENT WITH ANY PEOPLES. THE
           UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS THE POLITICAL

           STATUS OF PUERTO RICO. THE HISTORY OF THIS 20TH CENTURY FOR THE
           UNITED STATES HAS BEEN THE CONSTANT EXPANSION OF HE
           FRANCHISEMENT OF THE GOVERNED. WITHIN THIS CENTURY WE HAVE
           EITHER GUARANTEED OR ATTEMPTED TO ASSURE THE RIGHT TO
           PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY FOR WOMEN, AND TO THE STRUG ELING
           OF RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. IN 1913 WE CHANGED THE UNITED
           STATES CONSTITUTION TO ENSURE ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES

           COULD PARTICIPATE IN CHOOSING MEMBERS OF THIS SENATE. IN 1971
           WE EXTENDED THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR THOSE WHO WERE 18 YEARS OLD.
           AND INDEED, ALSO IN THIS CENTURY WE ENSURED THAT THIS
           FRANCHISEMENT WAS EXPANDED JEEP GRAPHICALLY TO INCLUDE THE
           CITIZENS OF HAWAII AND ALASKA. THIS ONLY BEGS THE QUESTION OF

           THE UNANSWERED ISSUE, SINCE 1898, THE END OF THE SPANISH
           AMERICAN WAR, OF WHAT IT IS TO BE DONE WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OF
           THE PEOPLE -- BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
           GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME
           BEFORE THIS CONGRESS CONTINUOUSLY. IN 1917 CONGRESS GRANTED
           CITIZENSHIP TO THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO. IN 1952 CONGRESS

           REVISITED THE ISSUE TO PROVIDE COMMON WOLINGTE UNDER AMERICAN
           JURISDICTION. -- COMMON WEALTH UNDER AMERICAN JURISDICTION. YET
           IT CONTINUES BECAUSE THE FULL RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP GRANTED TO
           THOSE OF THE 50 STATES REMAIN WITHHELD TO THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO
           RICO. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO ARE SUBJECT TO LAWS AND REGULATIONS
           PASSED BY THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY BODY, YET THEY HAVE NO VOTING
           REPRESENTATION. PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO ARE LEAD BY A PRESIDENT

           AND VICE PRESIDENT EXERCISING FULL EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY BUT THEY
           CANNOT VOTE TO CHOOSE THAT EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP. THE PEOPLE OF
           PUERTO RICO HOLD CITIZENSHIP IN A COUNTRY WHOSE LEGISLATURE CAN
           TAKE AWAY OR COMPROMISE THEIR RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP AT ANY
           MOMENT. LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           LEGISLATION OF WHICH I WAS PROUD TO COSPONSOR, INDEED
           ORIGINALLY AUTHORED WHEN I WAS A MEMBER OF THAT BODY, REDRESSES

           THIS INJUSTICE. THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT MANDATE A POLITICAL
           CHOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF PLURT. WHETHER OR NOT PLURT ULTIMATELY
           BECOMES A STATE OF THIS UNION IS A QUESTION FOR THE PEOPLE
           PUERTO RICO AND ONLY THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO TO DECIDE.
           WHETHER OR NOT THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO ARE ABLE TO
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