April 4, 2001 Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, a parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will state his inquiry. Mr. CONRAD. How much time was consumed on the last vote? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Fifty minutes. Mr. CONRAD. Fifty minutes. I thank the Chair. Mr. President, we have just passed, after a 50-minute vote, a measure that raids the Medicare trust fund in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 to the tune of $42 billion. That is what the amendment just passed does. It raids the Medicare trust fund in each and every one of those years to supply more resources to agriculture. This amendment provides additional resources to agriculture, but it does it the right way. It doesn't touch any of the trust funds. It doesn't touch the Social Security trust fund. It does not touch the Medicare trust fund. It funds the money out of the tax cut.