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Entire Issue E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 149 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2003 No. 163 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 2 p.m. Senate TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2003 The Senate met at 10:46 a.m. and was erans. Thank You for these heroes and tions. May we remember those who called to order by the Honorable JOHN heroines who loved country more than carry the physical and emotional scars WARNER, a Senator from the State of self and liberty more than life. Thank of battle so that the spirit of this day Virginia. You for their courage on the seas, in will be felt throughout the year. Help the air, on the land, and even under the us to show our gratitude to their fami- PRAYER sea. Lord, they gave their blood on for- lies, who persevered in spite of anxiety, The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- eign shores to preserve our heritage of fear, and grief. May we so labor to pro- fered the following prayer: freedom. Let us pray. Make us worthy of their service and mote peace on Earth that the efforts of God of spacious skies and amber sacrifices. Give us wisdom as we work America’s veterans shall not have been waves of grain, we pause on this special to perpetuate peace through goodwill in vain. We pray this in the name of day to thank You for America’s vet- and mutual understanding between na- the God of peace. Amen. NOTICE If the 108th Congress, 1st Session, adjourns sine die on or before November 21, 2003, a final issue of the Congres- sional Record for the 108th Congress, 1st Session, will be published on Monday, December 15, 2003, in order to permit Members to revise and extend their remarks. 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VerDate jul 14 2003 01:07 Nov 12, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 8633 E:\CR\FM\A11NO6.000 S11PT1 S14380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 11, 2003 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Our military men and women will ob- sition, ultimately capturing 132 pris- The Honorable JOHN WARNER led the serve Veterans Day in almost all of the oners. An observer termed what he did Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: world’s time zones. In the skies, on the ‘‘a call to courage.’’ I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ground, and under the water, they will I encourage every American today to United States of America, and to the Repub- pause to remember. also take a moment of silence and look lic for which it stands, one nation under God, In a few moments, we, too, will pause for those who have answered that call indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. to remember. to courage. All throughout our coun- f As Senators, we have had the oppor- try, every day our veterans merit our tunity to work alongside so many who support, our respect, our thanks for ad- APPOINTMENT OF ACTING served our Nation so ably, and so vancing the cause of liberty here at PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE nobly, during our country’s struggles home and indeed around the world. The clerk will please read a commu- on behalf of freedom—heroes such as They took what was granted to them nication to the Senate from the Presi- Strom Thurmond and Bob Dole, heroes by their fathers and, with their service dent pro tempore (Mr. STEVENS). such as JOHN MCCAIN and Bob Kerrey, and with their labors, they passed it on The legislative clerk read the fol- heroes such as Max Cleland and CHUCK to their children, bringing America lowing letter: HAGEL, heroes such as DAN INOUYE. We still free into a new century. U.S. SENATE, have seen how they and others have We pass legislation on their behalf to PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, sacrificed and suffered for a cause express the thanks—our thanks—of Washington, DC, November 11, 2003. greater than themselves. Their nobility this grateful Nation. Today’s silence is To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, and grace, in war and in peace, stand as for them as well. of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby examples to all in our new century and Now our country fights a new enemy, appoint the Honorable JOHN WARNER, a Sen- in the new conflict we fight today. faceless and hateful. It fights in new ator from the State of Virginia, to perform We work in an institution that val- ways, bringing new terrors and threats the duties of the Chair. ues unlimited speech—sometimes and intimidations to our fellow Ameri- TED STEVENS, speech over everything else. But in my cans. That is the final lesson our mo- President pro tempore. years of working alongside these he- ment of silence teaches us this morn- Mr. WARNER thereupon assumed the roes, I have discovered a lesson that ing. Chair as Acting President pro tempore. runs true for all of them. To me it has Together let’s remember the strength f been in these silences, the times they of silence and, as we resume our labors RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY have not joined in with the majority of here today, just as our Armed Forces LEADER their colleagues, that they have dem- work today around the world, let us onstrated their strength. move ahead with a little less noise and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Our Nation is a cacophony of noise, a a little more fortitude. jority leader is recognized. symphony of sound, from that factory The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- f floor to the market floor, from Main pore. The distinguished minority lead- SCHEDULE Street to Wall Street. It is the so- er. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morn- called roar of democracy that makes us Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, each ing we will acknowledge and pay trib- unique as a nation and as a country. year, America honors its veterans on ute to our veterans with a moment of But this morning we are called to si- this day with solemn pride. silence beginning at 11 a.m. Following lence. Why? But this year, Veterans Day arrives the moment of silence, we have a num- In our Nation’s battles throughout with uncommon poignancy. As we show ber of Members who would like to her last two centuries, many have paid our gratitude to our veterans here at make statements regarding Veterans the ultimate sacrifice for freedom and home, a new generation of soldiers is Day. Those tributes will continue until liberty. This moment of silence we will thousands of miles from their loved 12 p.m., and I invite Senators to come shortly observe is the silence of those ones, facing danger on our behalf. There is an immediacy to this year’s to the floor during this period. Also, we voices stilled forever, of sons and Veterans Day. The risks our soldiers have a resolution honoring this coun- daughters no longer returning home, of are facing today have not yet been try’s veterans and we will consider husbands and wives no longer there for softened by memory. Without the filter that resolution during today’s session. each other, of mothers and fathers no At noon, it is my expectation to longer there for their children day and of history, we see clearly the dangers begin consideration of the Syria ac- night. they face every day when we learn of countability bill. That bill will be con- In the pain of these sacrifices, our yet another attack on American sol- sidered under the 90-minute debate warriors have built our country and diers, yet another death, yet another limitation and, therefore, Members can saved our world.
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