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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 No. 27 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, March 16, 1998, at 2 p.m. Senate FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was SCHEDULE The Senate resumed consideration of called to order by the President pro Mr. ROBERTS. On behalf of the ma- the concurrent resolution. tempore (Mr. THURMOND). jority leader, I announce that in a mo- Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask ment the Senate will begin a rollcall for the yeas and nays. PRAYER vote on S. Con. Res. 78, a resolution re- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John garding Saddam Hussein. Following sufficient second? Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: the vote, the Senate will be in a period There is a sufficient second. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not of morning business with Senator BEN- The yeas and nays were ordered. want....He restoreth my soul.—Psalm NETT being recognized for 45 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 23:1–3. As announced last night, the Senate question is on agreeing to the concur- Dear Shepherd of our souls, we need may also begin consideration of S. 270, rent resolution, S. Con. Res. 78, as the rejuvenation and the renewal of the Texas low-level radioactive waste amended. The yeas and nays have been our souls. You have created them as legislation; S. 414, the international ordered. the ports of entry for Your Spirit, the shipping bill; or H.R. 2646, the A+ edu- The clerk will call the roll. places of Your residence within us, the cation bill. The legislative clerk called the roll. power-sources for our consciences. Finally, as a reminder, the majority Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the From within our souls, You shape our leader stated that all Senators should Senator from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the characters, mold our personalities, and anticipate one or two rollcall votes Senator from North Carolina (Mr. govern our values. Nothing is more im- during Monday’s session of the Senate. FAIRCLOTH), the Senator from Okla- portant than the care and cure of our Those would begin at approximately homa (Mr. INHOFE), the Senator from souls. 5:30 p.m. Vermont (Mr. JEFFORDS), the Senator Through Moses, You have taught us I thank all Senators for their atten- from Arizona (Mr. KYL), the Senator that, ‘‘You shall love the Lord your tion, and I yield the floor. from Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN) are nec- God with all your heart and with all f essarily absent. your soul and with all your Mr. FORD. I announce that the Sen- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME strength.’’—Deut. 6:5. ator from Hawaii (Mr. INOUYE) is nec- And Jesus stirs our confession: ‘‘For The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. essarily absent. what will it profit a man if he gains the ALLARD). Under the previous order, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there whole world, and loses his own soul? Or leadership time is reserved. any other Senators in the Chamber what will a man give in exchange for f who desire to vote? his soul?’’—Matthew 16:26. INDICTMENT AND PROSECUTION The result was announced, yeas 93, Dear Lord, take Your rightful resi- nays 0, as follows: dence as the Sovereign of our souls. OF SADDAM HUSSEIN [Rollcall Vote No. 32 Leg.] Then: Lead us in the paths of right- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under YEAS—93 eousness for Your Name’s sake. Amen. the previous order, the Senate will now f proceed to a vote on S. Con. Res. 78, as Abraham Breaux Cochran Akaka Brownback Collins RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING amended, which the clerk will report. Allard Bryan Conrad The assistant legislative clerk read Ashcroft Bumpers Coverdell MAJORITY LEADER as follows: Baucus Burns Craig Bennett Byrd D’Amato The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 78) able acting majority leader, the distin- Biden Campbell Daschle relating to the indictment and prosecution Bingaman Chafee DeWine guished Senator from Kansas, is recog- of Saddam Hussein for war crimes and other Bond Cleland Dodd nized. crimes against humanity. Boxer Coats Domenici ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S1907 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:45 Oct 31, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\1998SENATE\S13MR8.REC S13MR8 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S1908 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 13, 1998 Dorgan Kempthorne Reid ruary 25, 1991, Iraq did fire 39 missiles on struction and inspections by international Durbin Kennedy Robb Israel in 18 separate attacks with the intent supervisors; Feingold Kerrey Roberts of making it a party to war and with the in- Whereas there is good reason to believe Feinstein Kerry Rockefeller tent of killing or injuring innocent civilians, that Iraq continues to have stockpiles of Ford Kohl Roth Frist Landrieu Santorum killing 2 persons directly, killing 12 people chemical and biological munitions, missiles Glenn Lautenberg Sarbanes indirectly (through heart attacks, improper capable of transporting such agents, and the Gorton Leahy Sessions use of gas masks, choking), and injuring capacity to produce such weapons of mass Graham Levin Shelby more than 200 persons; destruction, putting the international com- Gramm Lieberman Smith (NH) Whereas Article 146 of the Fourth Geneva munity at risk; Grams Lott Smith (OR) Convention states that persons committing Whereas, on February 22, 1993, the United Grassley Lugar Snowe ‘‘grave breaches’’ are to be apprehended and Nations Security Council adopted Resolution Gregg Mack Specter Hagel McConnell Stevens subjected to trial; 808 establishing an international tribunal to Harkin Mikulski Thomas Whereas, on several occasions, the United try individuals accused of violations of inter- Hatch Moseley-Braun Thompson Nations Security Council has found Iraq’s national humanitarian law in the former Helms Moynihan Thurmond treatment of Kuwaiti civilians to be in viola- Yugoslavia; Hollings Murkowski Torricelli tion of international humanitarian law; Whereas, on November 8, 1994, the United Hutchinson Murray Warner Whereas, in Resolution 665, adopted on Au- Nations Security Council adopted Resolution Hutchison Nickles Wellstone gust 25, 1990, the United Nations Security 955 establishing an international tribunal to Johnson Reed Wyden Council deplored ‘‘the loss of innocent life try individuals accused of the commission of NOT VOTING—7 stemming from the Iraqi invasion of Ku- violations of international humanitarian law Enzi Inouye McCain wait’’; in Rwanda; Faircloth Jeffords Whereas, in Resolution 670, adopted by the Whereas more than 70 individuals have Inhofe Kyl United Nations Security Council on Sep- been indicted by the International Criminal tember 25, 1990, it condemned further ‘‘the Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the The concurrent resolution (S. Con. treatment by Iraqi forces on Kuwait nation- Hague for war crimes and crimes against hu- Res. 78), as amended, was agreed to. als and reaffirmed that the Fourth Geneva manity in the former Yugoslavia, leading in AMENDMENT NO. 1934 TO THE PREAMBLE Convention applied to Kuwait’’; the first trial to the sentencing of a Serb (Purpose: To provide substitute language) Whereas, in Resolution 674, adopted by the jailer to 20 years in prison; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under United Nations Security Council on October Whereas the International Criminal Tri- 29, 1990, the Council demanded that Iraq bunal for Rwanda has indicted 31 individuals, the previous order, amendment No. cease mistreating and oppressing Kuwaiti with three trials occurring at present and 27 1934, offered by the Senator from Penn- nationals in violation of the Convention and individuals in custody; sylvania, Mr. SPECTER, and the Senator reminded Iraq that it would be liable for any Whereas the United States has to date from North Dakota, Mr. DORGAN, is damage or injury suffered by Kuwaiti nation- spent more than $24 million for the Inter- agreed to. als due to Iraq’s invasion and illegal occupa- national Criminal Tribunal for the Former The amendment (No. 1934) was agreed tion; Yugoslavia and more than $20 million for the to as follows: Whereas Iraq is a party to the Prisoners of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; War Convention and there is evidence and Whereas officials such as former President Strike out the preamble and insert the fol- testimony that during the Persian Gulf War, George Bush, Vice President Al Gore, Gen- lowing: Iraq violated articles of the Convention by eral Norman Schwarzkopf and others have Whereas the International Military Tri- its physical and psychological abuse of mili- labeled Saddam Hussein a war criminal and bunal at Nurenberg was convened to try indi- tary and civilian POW’s including members called for his indictment; and viduals for crimes against international law of the international press; Whereas a failure to try and punish leaders committed during World War II; Whereas Iraq has committed deliberate and other persons for crimes against inter- Whereas the Nuremberg tribunal provision and calculated crimes of environmental ter- national humanitarian law establishes a dan- which stated that ‘‘crimes against inter- rorism, inflicting grave risk to the health gerous precedent and negatively impacts the national law are committed by men, not be and well-being of innocent civilians in the value of deterrence to future illegal acts: abstract entities, and only by punishing indi- region by its willful ignition of over 700 Ku- Now, therefore, be it viduals who commit such crimes can the pro- waiti oil wells in January and February, The preamble, as amended, was visions of international law be enforced’’ is 1991; agreed to.
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