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Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1995 No. 86 

Senate 

(Legislative day of Monday, May 15, 1995) 

The Senate met at 8:30 a.m., on the 

expiration of the recess, and was called 

to order by the President pro tempore 

[Mr. THURMOND]. 

PRAYER

The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John 

Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: 

Let us pray: 

The earth is the Lord’s and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell 

therein.—Psalm 24:1. 

Creator and Sustainer of all, Lord of 

all life, Sovereign of this Nation, and 

owner of all that we are and have, we 

humbly accept Your calling to be stewards of the resources and riches You 

have so bountifully given our Nation. 

You have written Your signature in the 

beauty of our land, blessed us with opportunities, and entrusted us with material prosperity. We ask for only one 

thing more, Lord: Give us a grateful 

heart. 

In gratitude, we press on in the crucial discussion of the budget today. We 

will talk in terms of billions and trillions. At times we may be tempted to 

think that we control the money to be 

budgeted. Instead, we turn to You for 

guidance in these fiscal matters so that 

what is decided will be creative for the 

people of this Nation, now and for future generations. Lord, help us to listen for truth as intently as we seek to 

speak our understanding of it. We 

praise You that we live in a dynamic 

democracy in which great leaders like 

these Senators can give this quality 

and quantity of time to the crucial 

issues of this budget. God bless them, 

and through their deliberations and decisions, bless America. Amen. 

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RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING 

MAJORITY LEADER 

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The 

acting majority leader is recognized. 

SCHEDULE

Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, this 

morning the time for the two leaders 

has been reserved and the Senate will 

immediately resume consideration of 

Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, the 

concurrent budget resolution. 

Rollcall votes are expected throughout the day on or in relation to amendments to the budget. The Senate will 

not recess during the afternoon today 

for policy luncheons, but will continue 

in session debating the budget. 

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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON 

THE BUDGET 

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. 

CAMPBELL). The Senate will resume 

consideration of Senate Concurrent 

Resolution 13. 

The clerk will report the pending 

business. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 13) 

setting forth the congressional budget for 

the U.S. Government for the fiscal years 

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. 

The Senate resumed consideration of 

the concurrent resolution. 

Pending: 

Roth Amendment No. 1121, to express the 

sense of the Senate that the number of Federal full-time equivalent positions should be 

further reduced. 

Mr. EXON addressed the Chair. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska. 

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, thank you. 

I simply say that as we open this very 

important day, it will be a very long 

day on the budget resolution. I would 

simply say that as usual at this particular time we have an inordinate 

number of amendments that have been 

suggested from Members on both sides 

of the aisle. 

I simply say that we very likely—if 

we are going to finish this up tomorrow 

some time, which we must, given the 

time constraints that we are under— 

are going to have to have some give 

and take today. We will have to begin 

the process very early today of trying 

to come to some specific time agreements. With the large number of 

amendments that we have to offer, we 

obviously are heading for one of those 

traditional situations that we do on 

the budget resolution where a great 

number of amendments to the bill are 

going to be offered and we are not 

going to have time to debate those. 

Under the rules, all amendments that 

are offered can be voted on if a rollcall 

vote is ordered, which indicates to me 

very clearly that tomorrow afternoon 

sometime we are going to have a great 

number—and I mean a great number, 

maybe 2 to 3 hours—of successive votes 

on many amendments that will not 

have been thoroughly discussed or debated at all in the U.S. Senate. 

Therefore, I would hope that we 

could all conserve time as best we can. 

Last night, the Senate completed debate on an amendment offered by the 

Senator from Delaware, on that side of 

the aisle. Under the usual procedures, 

the next amendment would be offered 

from someone on this side of the aisle. 

I see Senator BRADLEY is here to 

offer an appropriate amendment that 

had been scheduled for some time. Depending on what the acting majority 

leader would like to do, we are prepared to offer the amendment that had 

been scheduled to be offered by the 

Senator from New Jersey, unless there 

is intervening business. 

Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I believe the plan is to move forward with 

the amendment by Senator BRADLEY. 

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I am, 

therefore, pleased to recognize the Senator from New Jersey. 

Would he please indicate to me about 

how much time he thinks would be necessary? 

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