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Senate THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2000 E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2000 No. 18 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, at 12:30 p.m. Senate THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2000 The Senate met at 11:30 a.m. and was give thanks to You, O Lord, and all Mr. REID. Mr. President, before the called to order by the President pro Your faithful shall bless You.’’ In the roll is called, I would like to make a tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. gracious name of the one, holy, right- comment. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. To- eous, and eternal God, our Creator, Re- Representative James Garfield, who day’s prayer will be offered by our deemer, and Sustainer, we pray. Amen. later became President of the United guest Chaplain, the Rev. Allen Fisher, f States, in trying to get a bill through Presbyterian Church, Fredericksburg, Congress, said in a letter to an adviser: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE VA. We are pleased to have you with When the shadow of the Presidential and us. The Honorable MIKE CRAPO, a Sen- Congressional election is lifted, we shall, I ator from the State of Idaho, led the hope, be in a better temper to legislate. PRAYER Pledge of Allegiance as follows: I hope that we would all keep that in The guest Chaplain, Rev. Allen Fish- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the mind. We have congressional elections er, offered the following prayer: United States of America, and to the Repub- and we have a Presidential election up- We rejoice to thank and praise You lic for which it stands, one nation under God, coming. I hope we can work our way this day, O God our Maker, Creator of indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. through to get to some of the issues we the ends of the universe. You are the The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. need to be talking about. I hope that source of every good and perfect gift, GRAMS). The Senator from Kansas is the majority would allow us, if we are the Fount of every blessing, the Heart recognized. going to talk about education, to go to of every noble thought, every kind Mr. BROWNBACK. I thank the Chair. an education bill and offer amend- deed, or merciful act. f ments and work our way through the We thank You today for all those SCHEDULE process. The fact that we are in the whom we rarely notice, people who midst of Presidential primaries and share Your care, who reflect Your Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, congressional elections coming should faithfulness. We thank You for the peo- today the Senate will immediately pro- not prevent us from going to the things ple who bus our tables, who haul our ceed to a rollcall vote on final passage we need to be doing. Education is cer- trash, who clean our offices, who drive of H.R. 1883, the Iran Nonproliferation tainly one of them. I hope we could do our children, who deliver our mail, Act of 1999. Following the vote, the that in a full and fair debate on edu- with little thought for the great issues Senate will resume consideration of S. cation. of our age but with deep gratitude for 1134, the education savings account leg- the abiding gifts You give. For food islation. It is hoped that an agreement f and drink, heartbeat and breath, laugh- regarding relevant amendments will be RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME ter and tears, for covenants kept and made in order to have a substantive de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under promises lived in humility and service bate on that tax legislation. the previous order, leadership time is to others, we praise You, O God of In addition, the Senate may consider reserved. other legislative or executive items steadfast love. f Remind us, faithful God, that we who available for action; therefore, Sen- lead may also serve after the example ators can expect further votes this IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF of one who came not to be served but afternoon. As previously announced, 1999—Resumed to serve. Use the service of our lives there will be no votes on Friday. I Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I and the work of this body for the build- thank my colleagues for their atten- ask for the yeas and nays on the pas- ing up of the common good in this tion. sage of H.R. 1883. most blessed Nation. Speed us toward The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas the day when ‘‘all Your works shall ator from Nevada. and nays have been requested. Is there ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S755 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:31 Dec 04, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\2000SENATE\S24FE0.REC S24FE0 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S756 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE February 24, 2000 a sufficient second? There appears to significantly to its ability to develop no question of Russia’s technical com- be. nuclear, chemical or biological weap- petence. But I have strong concerns The yeas and nays were ordered. ons or ballistic or cruise missiles. about its failure to meet its end of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The This legislation provides the Admin- bargain. Russia has not adequately question is on the engrossment and istration with useful tools to combat funded its share of the space station, third reading of the bill. the spread of dangerous weapons tech- resulting in delays and a cloud of un- The bill was ordered to be engrossed nology and to discourage nuclear pro- certainty that hovers over the entire for a third reading and was read the liferation. It also enhances U.S. efforts program. third time. to monitor Iranian proliferation. Even more troubling is Russia’s role Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I want This legislation demonstrates our in the proliferation of weapons of mass to express my ardent support for pas- commitment to prevent the prolifera- destruction. Russia has exported tech- sage of the Iran Nonproliferation Act. tion of dangerous nuclear weapons to nology, material and expertise to help It is very likely that this legislation countries that threaten our national Iran develop ballistic missiles. These will pass the Senate by a margin security as well as the security of al- missiles could carry chemical, nuclear matching or nearing the unanimous 419 lies—such as Israel and Europe. The or biological weapons—which could to 0 vote in the House of Representa- Middle East is of vital strategic impor- reach any target within about 800 miles tives last September. tance to the U.S.—and our interests of Iran. The importance of this legislation and Israel’s security are threatened by Russia’s former Prime Minister should not be lost amid the widespread the continuing build-up of advanced Chernomyrdin promised to end this as- acclamation with which it will be sent conventional weapons by ‘rogue re- sistance. We need to make sure the new to the President. This bill is aimed at gimes’ in the region. For this reason, Russian government fulfills this prom- controlling the transfer or sale of tech- U.S. support for Israel must go beyond ise. I recognize that Acting Russian nology and expertise to Iran, especially economic and military aid to Israel—it President Vladmir Putin has been re- from Russia, that will assist in its de- must meet the very real challenges ceptive to restricting companies that velopment of weapons of mass destruc- that will face Israel and the United sell missile technology and equipment tion and missiles designed to deliver States in this new century, such as to Iran. I hope his intentions are trans- these weapons. limiting the threats of weapons of mass lated into action. Otherwise, our co- This is a very real, very well-docu- destruction. It is well documented that operation with Russia—both in space mented and very serious security con- technology provided to Iran increases and elsewhere—may end. cern for the United States and Israel, its ability to develop its own inter- We live in a dangerous world—where our nation’s most-trusted ally in the mediate range ballistic missile that is terrorists and rogue nations are devel- Middle East. The Central Intelligence capable of reaching Israel as well as oping the most repugnant weapons of Agency has reported Iran has the capa- our European allies. By limiting Iran’s mass destruction. Our action today bility to launch a missile that will access to such technology we can bet- will send a clear message to our allies reach Israel, and it is well known that ter protect these countries as well as and to our adversaries. By coming to- Iran is pursuing development of nu- our own troops in the Middle East and gether to support this bipartisan legis- clear, chemical and biological weap- Europe. lation, we will demonstrate our unified onry. The people of Iran demonstrated in commitment to limit nuclear prolifera- The Iran Nonproliferation Act pro- their recent elections an overriding de- tion and to create a safer more stable vides for biannual reports on who sire to move away from the extremism world. around the world is transferring pro- of the previous government toward re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under hibited technology or information to form and moderation in the future— the previous order, the Senate will now Iran, and allows the President to take but it is too early to tell what this vote on passage of H.R.
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