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Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1995 No. 74

House of Representatives

The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 1995, at 12:30 p.m.

Senate

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1995

(Legislative day of Monday, May 1, 1995)

The Senate met at 10 a.m., on the expiration of the recess, and was called to

order by the President pro tempore

(Mr. THURMOND).

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The

opening prayer will be made this morning by Father Thomas Kuhn of Ohio.

We are pleased to have him with us.

PRAYER

The guest Chaplain, Father Thomas

A. Kuhn, Church of the Incarnation,

Centreville, OH, offered the following

prayer:

Lord God, we have consistently believed in Your great love for us and for

our Nation. We know that we are Your

children, and in that faith have not

called ourselves simply a nation, but

‘‘one nation under God.’’

The tragedy of recent weeks in Oklahoma City points out the need we have

to foster Your love in our land. Help us

to reflect the love You have for us in

our lives and in our dealing with others. We know that You have a plan for

us. We know that You love us. Help us

to keep faith that You will always be

there to guide and direct our great Nation.

You have blessed all of Your children

with the same rights that come from

calling You our Father. Help us as a

nation to work to protect the rights of

all, for we know when the rights of one

of us is in danger, the rights of all are

in danger.

You have blessed us with a beautiful

land. Help us to preserve it so the generations after us may enjoy it as we

have.

We know that some of Your children,

particularly the aged, the sick, the

poor, and the very young, are in need

of help and protection. Give us the insight as a people to always protect

those who cannot care for themselves.

Father, we pray in a special way for

our Senators. Give each of them a parochial, a national, and a world vision,

so they may lead us safely in Your

kingdom.

Mr. GLENN. Mr. President, I suggest

the absence of a quorum.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The

clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk proceeded to

call the roll.

Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the order for

the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.

DEWINE). Without objection, it is so ordered.

RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under

fthe previous order, the leader time is

reserved.

Mr. D

MORNING BUSINESS

EWINE. Under the previous

forder, there will now be a period for

the transaction of morning business

until the hour of 11 a.m. with Senators

permitted to speak therein for not to

exceed 5 minutes each.

Under the previous order, the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. DORGAN]

is recognized to speak for up to 20 minutes.

The Senator from North Dakota is

recognized.

TRADE, ECONOMIC STRATEGY,

JOBS, AND INCOME

fMr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I indicated the other day that I intended to

come to the floor of the Senate over a

period of some weeks and offer some

comments and observations and discuss

a series of issues relating to trade, economic strategy, jobs, and income in

our country. I would like to introduce

that topic today. I will finish it in

other presentations in the coming couple of weeks.

I was a speaker at a college commencement exercise last Sunday at

Concordia College in Moorhead, MN,

where nearly 600 young men and

women were getting their 4-year baccalaureate degrees and were getting

ready to go out and find a job and

make their way in the world. Yet,

about half of the students that I had an

opportunity to visit with indicated to

me that they really did not yet have a

job lined up. They were looking and

had prospects here and there, but did

not yet have a job lined up and did not

yet know what they would do. That is

not an unusual situation. It is a chronic problem in our country, even for college graduates, to find a good job, to

find the right job that has a good income.