ms. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. ms. hyde-smith: i understand there is a bill at the desk and i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 2258, a bill to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistle-blowers. ms. hyde-smith: i ask for a second reading and in order to place the bill on the calendar under rule 14, i object to my own request. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will receive its second reading on the next legislative day. ms. hyde-smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. resolution 283, submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 283, expressing the support for 2019 as the international year of the periodic table of chemical elements. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. ms. hyde-smith: i further, that the motion be agreed to and the preamble be agr