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with certainty only 19 techniques listed in the field manual will be used, 

they will train to resist them, and the 

net result will be we will not get anymore intelligence. 

The bill I am introducing does not 

have that flaw. Rather than authorizing intelligence agencies to use only 

those techniques that are allowed in 

the Army Field Manual—the AFM—I 

believe the better approach, if any 

change needs to be made to current 

law, is to preclude the use of specific 

techniques that are prohibited under 

the AFM. Specifically, the bill says 

you cannot use interrogation techniques; No. 1, forcing the individual to 

be naked, to perform sexual acts or 

pose in a sexual manner; No. 2, placing 

hoods or sacks over the heads of individuals or using duct tape over the individual’s eyes; No. 3, applying beatings, electric shock, burns or similar 

forms of physical pain; No. 4, using the 

technique known as waterboarding; No. 

5, using military working dogs; No. 6, 

inducing hypothermia or heat injury; 

No. 7, conducting mock executions; or, 

No. 8, depriving the individuals of adequate food, water, or medical care. 

Now, these list the kinds of techniques that are generally described as 

torture. Let me assure you there are 

many techniques which are similar in 

degree of duress to those permitted in 

the Army Field Manual. The reason to 

be able to use others is because the 

most important part of any interrogation technique is the unknown. When 

the detainee does not know what techniques are permitted, then the detainee 

does not know what to expect. Under 

those circumstances, even though the 

techniques are no more harsh, no more 

painful than Army Field Manual techniques, there is a much greater chance 

a skilled interrogator will get that information. 

I believe in this way Congress can 

state clearly that harsh interrogation 

techniques will not be permissible 

without advertising the techniques 

that are permissible. The Intelligence 

Committee will be briefed on any techniques that are considered for use and 

have the opportunity to object to anything we believe should not be permissible. This new approach allows for the 

possibility that new techniques that 

are not explicitly authorized in the 

Army Field Manual but which comply 

with law may be developed in the future. 

I invite my colleagues to join me in 

supporting this legislation. This legislation establishes an important principle, and I hope we can adopt this legislation. 

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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 22. Mr. REID (for Mr. NELSON, of Florida) proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 13, congratulating the University of Florida football team for winning the 

2008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 22. Mr. REID (for Mr. NELSON, OF

FLORIDA) proposed an amendment to 

the resolution S. Res. 13, congratulating the University of Florida football team for winning the 2008 Bowl 

Championship Series (BCS) national 

championship; as follows: 

On page 3, strike lines 11 through 18 and insert the following: 

(A) President of the University of Florida, 

J. Bernard Machen; 

(B) Athletic Director of the University of 

Florida, Jeremy N. Foley; and 

(C) Head Coach of the University of Florida 

football team, Urban Meyer. 

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AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO 

MEET 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND

FORESTRY

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry be authorized to meet during 

the session of the Senate on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 10 a.m. in 

room G50 of the Dirksen Senate Office 

Building to consider the nomination of 

Gov. Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be 

Secretary of Agriculture. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND

TRANSPORTATION

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation be authorized to hold a 

hearing during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 

2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell 

Senate Office Building. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC

WORKS

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works be authorized to meet during 

the session of the Senate on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 10 a.m. in 

room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office 

Building to hold a hearing on the nominations of Lisa P. Jackson to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency and Nancy Helen 

Sutley to be Chairman of the Council 

on Environmental Quality. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to 

meet during the session of the Senate 

on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 2 

p.m. to consider the nomination of 

Peter R. Orszag to be Director, Office 

of Management and Budget. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 

Senate on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 

at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing on the 

nomination of General Eric Shinseki to 

be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The committee will meet 

in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building beginning at 10 a.m. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR 

Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous consent that Ryan Levesque be granted 

the privileges of the floor for the duration of my time. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOOTBALL 

TEAM 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 13 and the Senate 

proceed to its consideration. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 

will report the resolution by title. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

A resolution (S. Res. 13) congratulating the 

University of Florida football team for winning the 2008 Bowl Championship Series 

(BCS) national championship. 

There being no objection, the Senate 

proceeded to consider the resolution. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Nelson of Florida 

amendment, which is at the desk, be 

agreed to, the resolution, as amended, 

be agreed to, the preamble be agreed 

to, the motions to reconsider be laid 

upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statement 

relating to the resolution be printed in 

the RECORD. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

The amendment (No. 22) was agreed 

to, as follows: 

On page 3, strike lines 11 through 18 and insert the following: 

(A) President of the University of Florida, 

J. Bernard Machen; 

(B) Athletic Director of the University of 

Florida, Jeremy N. Foley; and 

(C) Head Coach of the University of Florida 

football team, Urban Meyer. 

The resolution (S. Res. 13), as amended, was agreed to. 

The preamble was agreed to. 

The resolution, as amended, with its 

preamble, reads as follows: 

S. RES. 13 

Whereas on January 8, 2009, before a crowd 

of more than 78,000 fans in Miami, Florida, 

the University of Florida Gators won the 2008 

Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national 

title with a stunning 24–14 triumph over the 

University of Oklahoma Sooners; 

Whereas the University of Florida is one of 

the premier academic institutions in the 

State of Florida; 

Whereas the University of Florida Gators 

captured the Southeastern Conference championship title on December 6, 2008; 


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