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United States

of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

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Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1995 No. 69

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

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 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:

Gracious Lord of all life, help us

never to separate what You have joined

together. All of life is sacred to You.

Forgive our imposed dichotomy between the sacred and the secular.

Every person, situation, and responsibility is sacred because everyone and

everything belongs to You. Give us a

renewed sense that all that we have

and are is Your gift. So may we cherish

the wonder of life You have entrusted

to us and live with an attitude of gratitude. May this gratitude be the motive

of our work today in this Senate. We

want our work to be an expression of

our worship of You. Therefore we make

a renewed commitment to excellence

in everything we do and say.

All this is rooted in the inseparable

relationship between intimacy with

You and the integrity of our leadership. You’ve shown us that authentic

intimacy results when the real I meets

the true You in an honest, open, unpretentious relationship. It’s when we

come to You as we are that You whisper in our souls, ‘‘You are loved now!’’

Then the consistent experience of Your

unqualified love gives us the courage to

be genuine, loyal, and faithful to You

in our relationships with others and

our responsibilities as leaders to whom

You can entrust authority and power

to govern this Nation.

Thank You for this time of quiet

with You in which we can receive the

peace of knowing that we are loved and

forgiven, the healing of the hurts of

harbored memories, the answers to

problems that seem unsolvable, and the

vision for our Nation that otherwise

would be beyond our human understanding. We praise You that to know

You is our greatest joy and to serve

You is life’s greatest delight. In the

name of Him who is the way, the truth,

and the life. Amen.

RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING

MAJORITY LEADER

fThe PRESIDENT pro tempore. The

able acting majority leader is recognized.

SCHEDULE

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this morning at 10:30, following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 956, the product liability

bill.

All Members should be aware that

amendments are expected throughout

the day. Therefore, Senators should be

on notice that there will be rollcall

votes during today’s session which

probably will go into the evening.

I yield the floor.

Mr. ASHCROFT addressed the Chair.

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs.

HUTCHISON). The Senator from Missouri

is recognized.

ORDER OF PROCEDURE

Mr. ASHCROFT. Madam President, I

ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to allocate 15 minutes of time

from Senator THOMAS of Wyoming,

with whom I agreed that I should spend

the time in his stead this morning.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME

Mrs. HUTCHISON. Under the prefvious 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 for not to extend beyond the

hour of 10:30, with Senators permitted

to speak therein for up to 5 minutes

each.

The Senator from Missouri is recognized.

Mr. ASHCROFT. Thank you, Madam

President.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

fCONGRESS

Mr. ASHCROFT. Madam President,

the opportunities of this 104th Congress

are substantial. They are substantial

not only because every Congress has

great opportunity, but they are substantial because we have a significant

opportunity to change the direction in