9:30 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
Thereafter, resume consideration of S.2290, the asbestos bill.
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9:30 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.
Thereafter, resume consideration of S.2290, the asbestos bill.
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I am going to let these matters go forward, but I have spoken personally with the chairman of the EPW Committee, which has jurisdiction over these matters. I have told him I am going to be very direct in my opposing anything that comes out of the committee until we get something resolved regarding a nomination of Gregg Jaczko , which has been sent here from the White House. As I said, I am going to let this go. This is fair warning to my distinguished chairman and friend, Senator Inhofe. I am not going to let anything else move, period, until we get a hearing date set on Gregg Jaczko . Here is a man who is a distinguished scholar in physics; he worked in the Senate; he is a Democrat, and we are entitled to have a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It has been sent here by the White House. That doesn't happen very often.
I don't want this to be held up in committee. If it is, everything will be held up in committee. With that, I have no objection.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bills by title.