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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 108 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION 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, JANUARY 21, 2003 No. 10 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, January 27, 2003, at 2 p.m. Senate TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE As a reminder, Senators have until 6 called to order by the President pro The PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE led the p.m. today to file their first-degree tempore (Mr. STEVENS). Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: amendments to the appropriations bill. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will be led in prayer this morn- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Finally, I announce to Members that United States of America, and to the Repub- they should expect busy sessions each ing by the Chaplain of the House of lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Representatives, Father Daniel Cough- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. day this week in the hopes of com- lin. pleting action on the appropriations f bill. PRAYER RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The guest Chaplain, Father Daniel MAJORITY LEADER Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Democratic whip. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COR- All powerful God and Father of all Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I could the living, yesterday’s holiday brought NYN). The assistant majority leader is direct a couple of questions to the dis- to mind the wise words of Rabbi Abra- recognized. tinguished Senator from Kentucky, we ham Heschal: SCHEDULE have a number of people, as on my col- Martin Luther King Jr. is a voice, a vision Mr. MCCONNELL. This morning and a way. I call upon every Jew to hearken there will be a period for morning busi- league’s side I am sure, who are catch- to his voice, to share his vision, to follow in ness not to extend beyond the hour of ing planes and getting back after the his way. The whole future of America will Martin Luther King holiday. Does the depend on the impact and influence of Dr. 10:30 a.m., with the time equally di- King. vided in the usual form. At 10:30, the leader have any idea how late he wants Today in this awesome Chamber I Senate will then resume consideration to stay in today? of H.J. Res. 2, the appropriations bill. I call upon Americans of all faiths to Mr. MCCONNELL. I have not spoken understand there are several Members join in praying for the Members of the with him this morning, but my as- Senate as they face the future of Amer- on the other side of the aisle who in- tend to offer their amendments to the sumption is we would like to make as ica. Together let us continue to heark- much progress as we can toward com- en to his voice, share his vision, and appropriations measure during Tues- pleting the bill. Obviously, the longer follow in his way. By Your grace may day’s session. Dr. King’s dream for America become a In addition to considering further we remain on this bill, the less oppor- reality. amendments to the appropriations tunity we have to move ahead with the In these troublesome times, awaken measure, it is the majority leader’s work of the year in which we find our- in the soul of this country the lasting hope that on Tuesday the Senate will selves. As the Senator knows, we are political implications of religious be- consider the nomination of Tom Ridge still wrapping up last year’s work. to be Secretary of Homeland Security. liefs. Encircle us with Your light that Mr. REID. We have one Senator com- we may be unafraid to address the rac- I believe some Members have indicated ing to offer an amendment at 10:30. We ism, militarism, and materialism their desire to speak in regard to that etched in routine structures of our nomination. A rollcall vote is antici- have another Senator coming at 11:30 day—and so become truly free at last. pated. or quarter to 12. We are going to try to As Your free children lead us to seek At the hour of 5:15, the Senate will move as many amendments as we can first Your kingdom and justice for all vote on S. 121, the AMBER Alert bill. today, and hopefully the Senators will our brothers and sisters, proud to be This will be the first vote of today’s agree on both sides that we could have one Nation under God now and forever. session. Additional votes are expected votes on those matters this evening. So Amen. during today. ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S1169 . 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We must continue to move from Nevada, I am sure that later in port the flying of the Confederate flag over forward to build on the foundation Dr. the day we will be able to provide some the state capitol. King helped establish. further information on that matter. This repayment of political debt that But unfortunately the administra- tion is blocking progress by pursuing f the President has in South Carolina is certainly something that flies in the policies that limit opportunity. One ex- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME face of what America is all about. It ample is this administration’s filing a The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under certainly flies in the face of what lead- brief in the Supreme Court opposing the previous order, the leadership time ers of the administration says they are the ability of the University of Michi- is reserved. trying to do. gan to have a diverse class of students. Yesterday we celebrated a national The University of Michigan admis- f holiday, the birthday of a great Amer- sions system is not about quotas. It is MORNING BUSINESS ican, Dr. King. This year in particular, about improving the educational expe- rience for all students. This takes into The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under with controversy over remarks and account not only race and ethnic back- the previous order, there will now be a votes related to issues of race having ground but many other factors. Ath- period for the transaction of morning affected the Senate itself, it is impor- letes and others with talents the school business not to extend beyond the hour tant that we reflect on the life, legacy, finds desirable are given extra points in of 10:30 a.m., with the time to be equal- and message of Dr. King and that we the admission process. The administra- ly divided in the usual form. assess the Nation’s progress in achiev- tion did not oppose Michigan and other Mr. MCCONNELL. I suggest the ab- ing the goals he articulated. Dr. King university programs where they give sence of a quorum. shared with us his dream for American bonuses to alumni, where they give bo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The society, that Blacks, Latinos, Native nuses to athletics. No one opposes that. clerk will call the roll. Americans, and other minorities would If you are trying to develop and estab- The assistant legislative clerk pro- have equal opportunity to achieve and lish a diverse class of students at a uni- ceeded to call the roll. to contribute. versity, they oppose it. This is wrong. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- We are closer to that place in time Diversity is a good thing, and it does imous consent that the order for the because of the efforts and accomplish- not happen automatically but requires quorum call be rescinded. ments of Dr. King and others who made progressive policies. The administra- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sacrifices and confronted enormous ob- tion is flat-out wrong to oppose this. objection, it is so ordered. stacles to make life better, not only for The administration is also wrong in Mr. REID. I ask that the time be African Americans but all Americans. America has made strides in improv- continuing to nominate judges whose charged equally against both sides. ing the status of ethnic and racial mi- records reveal a pattern of insen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without norities, but I am concerned that the sitivity to racial issues. I have encour- objection, it is so ordered. policies that the current administra- aged the President, as have many oth- Mr.
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