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Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1995 No. 67

House of Representatives

The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, May 1, 1995, at 12:30 p.m.

Senate

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1995

(Legislative day of Monday, April 24, 1995)

The Senate met at 9:30 a.m., on the

expiration of the recess, and was called

to order by the President pro tempore

[Mr. THURMOND].

PRAYER

The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John

Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:

Let us pray:

Holy spirit of God, the greatest counselor in the world, we open our minds,

hearts, wills, and bodies to the infilling

of Your power. Infinite Intelligence,

grant us power to understand Your solutions to our problems. Unlimited

Love, fill our hearts with healing love

from which flows the affirmation that

others need. Liberating Spirit, set us

free from bondage of our wills, so intent on what we want that we miss the

guidance of what You have for us. Artesian Strength, energize our bodies for

the arduous pressures of the day ahead.

Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on

us. Peel back the icy fingers of the fist

of fear that hold our hearts in the grip

of grimness, that make us cautious

when faced by great challenges, and

cause us to be timid in life’s testing

hours. Spirit of Life, help us pull out

all the stops so You can make great

music of joy in our souls. Radiate Your

hope through us. Make us positive people who are expectant of Your best for

us and our Nation. Give us the authentic charisma that comes from Your

grace: gifts of wisdom, knowledge, discernment, and love.

And today, as we begin our work, we

remember Senator and Mrs. Heflin and

ask You for Your continued healing

power in Mike, his wife. We thank You

for the good reports of yesterday, and

ask You to place Your loving arms

around her with healing grace and

hope.

This is the day the Lord has made. So

lead on, O Lord. We rejoice and are

glad in You. Amen.

RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING

MAJORITY LEADER

fThe PRESIDENT pro tempore. The

able Senator from New Mexico is recognized.

SCHEDULE

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, this

morning the leader time has been reserved, and there will be a period for

morning business until the hour of 12

noon with Senators permitted to speak

for up to 5 minutes each, with the exception of the following: Senator DOMENICI for 60 minutes; Senator THOMAS

for 30 minutes; and Senator BAUCUS for

15 minutes.

At noon today the Senate will proceed to a 15-minute vote on the adoption of Senate Resolution 110, a resolution condemning the bombing of the

Federal building in Oklahoma City.

The Senate will recess between the

hours of 12:30 and 2:15 for the weekly

policy luncheons.

At 2:15, following the luncheons, the

Senate will resume consideration of

H.R. 956, the product liability bill.

Members should, therefore, be aware

that further rollcall votes can be expected throughout today’s session of

the U.S. Senate.

RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.

fCAMPBELL). Under the previous order,

leadership time is reserved.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under

MORNING BUSINESS

fthe previous order, there will now be a

period for the transaction of morning

business not to extend beyond the hour

of 12 noon with Senators permitted to

speak therein for not to exceed 5 minutes with the following Senators to be

recognized for the time specified: The

Senator from New Mexico [Mr. DOMENICI], is recognized to speak for up to 60

minutes. The Senator from New Mexico

may proceed.

Mr. DOMENICI. Thank you very

much, Mr. President.

Mr. President, Senator NUNN from

Georgia will be along soon and I intend

to share my 60 minutes with him. If he

were here, I would let him open the discussion and follow him. But in his absence, I am sure he would want me to

proceed.

(The remarks of Mr. DOMENICI and

Mr. NUNN pertaining to the introduction of S. 722 are located in today’s

RECORD under ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.’’)

Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.

GRAMS). The Senator from New Mexico.