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SENATE—Friday, June 30, 2000 June 30, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 13301 SENATE—Friday, June 30, 2000 The Senate met at 9:31 a.m. and was Labor, Health and Human Services, Mr. FRIST. I object to further pro- called to order by the President pro and Education appropriations bill. ceedings on this bill at this time. tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. Under the previous order, there are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill several votes remaining on amend- will be placed on the calendar. PRAYER ments to the bill, including the f Wellstone amendment regarding drug The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, pricing, the Helms amendment regard- Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ing school facilities, the Harkin Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED amendment regarding IDEA, and any this Senate Chamber, enter the mind AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2001 and heart of each Senator, and reign as amendment that is not cleared within Sovereign over all that is said and done the managers’ package, and disposition The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under this day. We confess that it is some- of the point of order, along with a vote the previous order, the Senate will now times easier to use pious words to pray on final passage of the Labor-HHS ap- resume consideration of H.R. 4577, about Your presence and power than it propriations bill, and possibly a vote which the clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: is to turn over the control of our lives on the adoption of the conference re- A bill (H.R. 4577) making appropriations and our work to You. We are strong port to accompany the military con- struction appropriations bill. for the Departments of Labor, Health and willed people, we want things done our Human Services, and Education, and related way, and often we are better at manip- The leader has asked that I pass on agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- ulation than meditation and medi- his message to urge Senators to remain tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes. ation. Built right into our two party in the Chamber during votes in order Pending: system is the potential for discord and to expedite the conclusion of the pro- Helms amendment No. 3697, to prohibit the the lack of civility. It is so easy for us ceedings. expenditure of certain appropriated funds for to get suited up like mountain climb- f the distribution or provision of, or the provi- ers and then scramble over molehills. sion of a prescription for, postcoital emer- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME Procedures can become more impor- gency contraception. tant than progress and winning more The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Wellstone amendment No. 3698, to provide for a limitation on the use of funds for cer- crucial than being willing to work to- the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. tain agreements involving the conveyance of gether. Now at the beginning of this licensing of a drug. day remind the Senators and all of us f Harkin amendment No. 3699, to fully fund who serve with them that this is Your the programs of the Individuals with Disabil- Senate, that we are accountable to MEASURE PLACED ON ities Education Act. You, and that we could not breathe our CALENDAR—H.R. 4680 Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, one next breath without Your permission. Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, before item came up in the course of the con- Keep our attention on what needs to be we proceed to the Wellstone amend- sideration of the bill on which I com- done now rather than on how what is ment, I understand there is a bill at mented I would respond to regarding said and done now will impact the No- the desk due for its second reading. the increase in this bill over last year’s vember election. In our mind’s eye we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill. picture a day in which we put You and clerk will report. This year’s bill contains a program our Nation first. We humble ourselves The legislative clerk read as follows: level of $104.5 billion for fiscal year lest we be humiliated by missing the A bill (H.R. 4680) to amend title XVIII of 2001. This is a $7.9 billion increase over call to greatness. In Your all powerful the Social Security Act to provide for a vol- fiscal year 2000, which had a program name. Amen. untary program for prescription drug cov- level of $96.6 billion. When assertions erage under the Medicare Program, to mod- f have been made that the bill has grown ernize the Medicare Program, and for other by 20.4 percent—that is over 20 per- purposes. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE cent—that is not correct. That calcula- The Honorable LINCOLN D. CHAFEE, a Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on be- tion is made by comparing the fiscal Senator from the State of Rhode Is- half of the majority leader, I object to year 2001 program level of $104.5 billion land, led the Pledge of Allegiance, as further proceedings on that bill at this with the fiscal year 2000 budget author- follows: time. ity level of $86.5 billion. That is not an I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under accurate comparison. United States of America, and to the Repub- the rule, the bill will be placed on the When you compare the 2001 actual lic for which it stands, one nation under God, calendar. program level to the 2000 program indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (Action taken on June 29, 2000 but level, the real increase is 8.2 percent. f not printed in that edition of the This question has come up with some RECORD.) frequency. I thought it would be useful RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING f to make that explanation. MAJORITY LEADER Mr. President, I think we are now The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. L. MEASURE PLACED ON prepared to proceed to the Wellstone CHAFEE). The Senator from Pennsyl- CALENDAR—S. 2808 amendment. vania. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I under- Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, be- f stand there is a bill at the desk due for fore we proceed, could I ask my col- its second reading. league, is it 2 minutes equally divided SCHEDULE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The or 4 minutes equally divided on each Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on be- clerk will report. amendment? half of the majority leader, I have been The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the asked to announce, as manager of the A bill (S. 2808) to amend the Internal Rev- Senator from Minnesota is correct. bill, that the Senate will immediately enue Code of 1986 to temporarily suspend the Each side has 1 minute, and then we go resume consideration of H.R. 4577, the Federal fuels tax. to the vote. ● This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. VerDate jul 14 2003 10:21 Nov 03, 2004 Jkt 039102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR00\S30JN0.000 S30JN0 13302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE June 30, 2000 Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank the Sen- The assistant legislative clerk called about to cast, it is my understanding ator. the roll. that minors who seek a prescription AMENDMENT NO. 3698 Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the drug from a school-based health clinic The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Senator from Utah (Mr. HATCH), is nec- can do so only after receiving consent the previous order, there will now be 2 essarily absent. from a parent or guardian. Given that minutes for explanation prior to a vote I further announce that, if present this standard is already in place, I on Wellstone amendment No. 3698. and voting, the Senator from Utah (Mr. don’t believe it is the place of the fed- Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, HATCH), would vote ‘‘yes.’’ eral government to instruct states and this amendment reinstates the Bush Mr. REID. I announce that the Sen- localities what specific services can or administration’s policy of requiring a ator from California (Mrs. BOXER), the cannot be offered in these clinics—I reasonable pricing clause in the NIH Senator from Hawaii (Mr. INOUYE), the trust communities to decide for them- drug patent licensing agreements and Senator from Vermont (Mr. LEAHY), selves what services should be offered cooperative research agreements with and the Senator from New York (Mr. in their school-based clinics, based on pharmaceutical companies unless MOYNIHAN) are necessarily absent. their values and priorities. waived on public interest grounds. It The result was announced—yeas 56, The PRESIDING OFFICER. When the does not apply to universities. A very nays 39, as follows: conversations in the well have con- similar amendment passed by a 2-to-1 [Rollcall Vote No. 168 Leg.] cluded, we will be able to continue. margin in the House of Representa- YEAS—56 The Senator from North Carolina is tives. recognized for 1 minute. All this says is, when it is our public Abraham Enzi McCain Allard Fitzgerald McConnell Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I thank dollars—taxpayer money, our constitu- Ashcroft Frist Murkowski the Chair. ents’ money—we expect that the drug Bennett Gorton Nickles I ask unanimous consent that it be in Biden Gramm companies, when they benefit from all Roberts order for me to make my remarks from Bond Grams Santorum this, will agree to charge our constitu- Breaux Hagel my chair. ents a reasonable price. Sessions Brownback Helms Shelby The PRESIDING OFFICER.
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