Volume 147, No. 9 covering the 1st Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S522-S523 on Jan. 24, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT
Mr. LOTT. Madam President, we do have an essential agreement here that will allow us to move through three more nominations. I would like to go through this and then also give the Senators some further idea as to how we might proceed beyond this next week.
As in executive session, I ask unanimous consent that at 2 p.m. on Monday, the Senate proceed to the nomination of Gale Norton to be Secretary of Interior and that it be considered under the following agreement: 3 hours to be equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the Energy Committee, 60 minutes equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, and following the use or yielding back of the time, the nomination be laid aside.
I further ask unanimous consent that at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the Environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further consideration of Gov. Christine Whitman to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; that there be 30 minutes for debate to be divided as follows: 10 minutes under the control of Senator Corzine, 10 minutes under the control of Senator Torricelli, 10 minutes equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the Environment Committee.
I further ask unanimous consent that following that debate, at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the nomination be temporarily laid aside and the Senate resume consideration of the Norton nomination under the following agreement: 10 minutes under the control of Senator Feingold, 15 minutes under the control of Senator Durbin, 15 minutes under the control of Senator Wellstone, 10 minutes under the control of Senator Stabenow, with 30 additional minutes for closing remarks under the control of Senator Boxer and the final 30 minutes under the control of Senator Murkowski.
Further, I ask unanimous consent that at 2:15 on Tuesday the Senate proceed to the consideration of Elaine Chao to be Secretary of Labor, and that there be 15 minutes for debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and 15 minutes under the control of Senator Wellstone, to be followed by a vote on the confirmation of the Secretary of Labor, to be followed by a vote on the confirmation of Gale Norton to be Secretary of Interior, and that be followed by a vote on the confirmation of Governor Whitman to be the head of EPA.
I further ask unanimous consent that following the three back-to-back votes, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate resume legislative session.
Finally, I ask unanimous consent that either leader may vitiate the agreement with respect to the Chao agreement prior to the vote and that in no case shall it proceed if the Senate has not yet received the nomination and the accompanying papers.
Mr. REID. Madam President, reserving the right to object, as I understand what just transpired and will have transpired by next Tuesday early in the afternoon, is that all of the President's nominees for his Cabinet will have been approved with only one selection still to be debated. It is our intention, I say to the leader, to move this to a final vote without undue delay. I hope we can do that expeditiously.
Mr. LOTT. I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Nevada. I also note with regard to the last paragraph, we do not anticipate there will be a need to vitiate the agreement with regard to the Chao agreement. It is just that we have not received all of the papers yet. We do not expect there to be any problem, but because we do not have it all, it was necessary to put this in.
Also--and I appreciate Senator Reid's comments--it is our anticipation to proceed, after these three stacked votes Tuesday afternoon, on the debate with regard to the Attorney General nomination, and it is at least my hope, and I believe everybody's hope, that we will be able to complete action on that nomination next week.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. LOTT. In light of this agreement then, the next votes will occur back to back at 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday next.
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