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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland
Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Mr. SCHUMER. I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.
The bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.