PLACE IN THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. WHILE NOT THE
           FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION, THE INITIAL REPORT DOES GIVE
           INDICATIONS AS TO THEIR FINDINGS AND I THK WARRANT DISCUSSION
           IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS WILL
           RECALL LAST YEAR WE HAD A SPIRITED DISCUSSION ABOUT
           GENDER-INTEGRATED BARRACKS DURING BASIC TRAINING. AND THE
           DISCUSSION WAS CENTERED AROUND THE ISSUES OF, IS THIS THE MOST
           EFFECTIVE WAY TO TRAIN OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SERVICES,

           TO HAVE GENDER-INTEGRATED BARRACKS?
           THESE ARE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN JUST ENTERING INTO THE MILITARY.
           THEY'RE GOING THROUGH BASIC TRAINING. THERE ARE A LOST
           DIFFICULT ISSUES THEY ARE FACING AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE PUT
           THEM INTO THE SAME BARRACKS AT NIGHT. AFTER THEY HAVE AN SIDE
           BY SIDE DURING THE DAY. THEN IN THE EVENINGING YOU ASK
           YOURSELF, ARE YOU GOING TO BE ASKING FOR PROBLEMS IF YOU HAVE
           YOUNG MEN APEDZ WOMEN THAT ARE PUT INTO THE SAME BARRACKS RIGHT
           AFTER A LONG DAY NEXT TO EACH OTHER WITHOUT NOT A LOT OF OTHER

           DIVERSIONS AT NIGHT. AND WE HAVE HAD UNFORTUNATELY, A REPORT OF
           MANY INCIDENTS -- INCIDENCES OF SOME SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT
           HAVE TAKEN PLACE, AND WORSE, THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THESE
           GENDER-INTEGRATED BARRACKS. I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT BASIC
           TRAINING. THE REPORT THAT COMES OUT TODAY NOTES SOME PROGRESS
           IN IMPROVING THAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND OTHER PROBLEMS WE'VE
           EXPERIENCED WITH GENDER-INTEGRATED BARRACKS DURING BASIC
           TRAINING, BUT IT STILL INVITES THE QUESTION OF WHY DO WE EVEN
           ASK DEPOR ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL?

           THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, THE PROBLEM LEVEL IS DOWN. BUT WHY ARE WE
           ASKING FOR PROBLEMS AT ALL BY HAVING THESE INTEGRATED BARRACKS
           DURING BASIC TRAINING?
           WHY DON'T WE SEPARATE THE GENDERS DURING BASIC TRAINING?
           AND THAT WAS THE POINT THAT A NUMBER OF US MADE LAST YEAR, A
           LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S PUT IT OFF TO THAT ROFRPT
           THE REPORT NOTES WE'VE GOT SOME PROGRESS, BUT WE STILL HAVE
           PROBLEMS. AND I THINK THIS HEARING THAT WAS HELD TODAY AND THE
           PRELIMINARY REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED MERITS A FULL HEARING TAKING
           PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE TO

           REVIEW THIS VERY ISSUE ABOUT, IS THIS THE BEST WAY, IS THIS THE
           RIGHT WAY, AND IS THIS THE WAY THAT IS LEADING TO MORE PROBLEMS
           THAN WE NEED TO CONFRONT OVER THE CURRENT POLICY OF INTEGRATING
           THE SEXES AT BARRACKS, IN THEIR BARRACKSDURE BASIC TRAINING?
           AND I THINK NOT. WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WE JUST
           DON'T NEED TO INVITE. I HOPE THAT THE SENATE WILL TAKE THIS ON
           AS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THAT WE START TO

           DEAL WITH THIS AND WITH WHAT THE REPORT THAT COMES OUT TODAY.
           MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS OF BUSINESS BEFORE THE
           SENATE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER ASK. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO
           ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE SENATE NOW PROCEED EN BLOC TO
           THE IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION OF THREE LEGAL COUNSEL RESOLUTIONS
           WHICH ARE AT THE
           
           DESK AND NUMBERED AS FOLLOWS: SENATE RESOLUTION 65, SENATE
           RESOLUTION 66, AND 67. I FURTHER ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
           RESOLUTIONS BE AGREED TO, THE PREAMBLES BE AGREED TO AND
           STATEMENTS OF EXPLANATION AFTER AT THIS POINT IN THE RECORD.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. BROWACK: MR. PRESIDENT, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, I ASK
           UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BE
           ALLOWED TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF THE NOMINATION OF DAVID
           WILLIAMS FOR TREASURY, INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
           ADMINISTRATION, UNTIL APRIL 6, 1999. I FURTHER ASK THAT THE
           NOMINATION IS NOT REPORTED ON OR ABOUT -- OR BY THAT DATE, THE
           NO. NOMINATION BE MEDIATY DISCHARGED AND PLACED BACK ON THE
           CALENDAR.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. BROWNBACK: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
           SENATE IMMEDIATELY PROCEED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER THE
           FOLLOWING NOMINATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE CALENDAR. THEY'RE
           NUMBERS 8 AND 146789 I FINALLY ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
           NOMINATIONS BE CONFIRMED, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID UPON
           THE TABLE, ANY STATEMENTS RELATING TO THE NOMINATIONS APPEAR AT
           THIS POINT IN THE RECORD, THE PRESIDENT BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED
           OF THE SENATE'S ACTION AND THE SENATE THEN RETURN TO
           LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
           

           MR. BROWNBACK: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT WHEN
           THE SENATE COMPLETES ITS BUSINESS TODAY, IT STAND IN
           ADJOURNMENT UNTIL
           
           9:30 A.M. ON THURSDAY. I IMMEDIATELY ASK THAT ON MURS DAY,
           FOLLOWING THE PRAYER, THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS BE APPROVED TO
           DATE, THE MORNING HOUR BE DEEMED TO HAVE SPIRXDE THE TIME FOR
           THE TWO LEADERS BE RESERVED. THE SENATE THEN RUME CONSIDERATION
           OF THE SPECTER AMENDMENT TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
           BILL. UNDER THE PREVIOUS -- PROVISIONS OF THE PREVIOUS CONSENT
           AGREEMENT.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. BROWNBACK: FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL SENATORS, THE SENATE
           WILL RECONVENE
           
           TOMORROW AT 9:30 A.M. AND IMMEDIATELY RESUME CONSIDERATION OF
           THE SPECTER AMENDMENT WITH 90 MINUTES REASONABLYING FOR DEBATE
           EQUALLY DIVIDED. AT THE CONCLUSION OF DEBATE
           
           TIME, APPROXIMATELY AT 11:00, THE SENATE WILL VOTE ON OR IN
           RELATION TO THE AMENDMENT. FOLLOWING THAT VOTE, SENATOR
           HUTCHISON OF TEXAS WILL BE RECOGNIZED TO OFFER HER AMENDMENT
           RELATIVE TO KOSOVO. FURTHER AMENDMENTS MAY BE OFFERED DURING
           THURSDAY'S SESSION TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL BILL WITH THE HOPE OF
           FINISHING THE BILL BY EARLY EVENING. THEREFORE, MEMBERS SHOULD

           EXPECT ROLL CALL VOTES THROUGHOUT THURSDAY'S SESSION WITH THE
           FIRST VOTE BEGINNING
           
           AT 11:00 A.M. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD NOTE THAT IF THERE'S NO
           FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE SENATE, THAT I UNDERSTAND
           THAT POSSIBLY SENATOR FRIST WILL BE COMING DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I
           WOULD ASK THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AND I WOULD ALSO NOTE ONE
           OTHER THING AS WE'RE CLOSING DOWN THE SENATE. TODAY IS ST.
           PATRICK'S DAY. AND IT'S INTERESTING TO ME. I THINK OF WHEN

           PEOPLE THINK OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY, THEY THINK OF IRISH AND
           IRELAND AND GREEN AND SPRING AND THOSE SORTED OF THINGS, MUCH
           MORE THAN WE THINK OF ST. PATRICK. AND SO I WAS LOOKING UP
           TODAY AND WAS ASKING FOR SOME INFORMATION ON ST. PATRICK
           HIMSELF, AND ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND -- THIS IS ON THE WEB
           WEBSITE, AND IT'S FASCINATING, AND I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE
           REALIZE ABOUT ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST
           POPULAR SAINTSZ, AS PEOPLE KNOW, ALONG WITH ST. NICHOLAS AND
           ST. VALENTINE. THE DAY IS ONE CHERISHED BY EVERYONE,

           PARTICULARLY THE IRISH. THERE ARE MANY LEGENDS AND STORIES OF
           ST. PATRICK BUT THIS IS HIS STOFERMENT I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH
           THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY INSTRUCTIVE FOR THE DAY. HE WAS
           BORN 385 IN SCOTLAND, PROBABLY KILL PATRICK. HIS PARENTS WHO
           WERE ROMANS LIVING IN BRITAIN IN CHARGE OF THE COLONIES. HE WAS
           CAPTURED DURING A RAIDING PARTY AND TAKEN TO IRELAND AS A SLAVE
           TO HERD AND TEND SHEEP. IRELAND AT THIS TIME WAS A LAND OF

           PAGANS. THE DRUDES AND PAGANS. DURING HIS CAPTIVITY, HE TURNED
           TO GOD AND PRAYER AND
           
           HE WROTE THIS: "THE LOVE OF GOD AND HIS FEAR GREW IN ME MORE
           AND MORE AS DID THE FAITH AND MY SOUL WAS ROSED SO THAT IN A
           SINGLE DAY I HAVE SAID AS MANY AS 100 PRAYERS AND IN THE NIGHT
           NEARLY THE SAME. I IN THE WOODS AND ON THE MOUNTAINS. EVEN IN
           THE DAWNI FELT INTO HURT FROM THE SNOW OR ICE OR RAIN." IT IS
           THE END OF THE QUOTE. PATRICK'S CAPTIVITY LASTED UNTIL HE WAS

           20 WHEN HE ESCAPED AFTER HAVING A DREAM FROM GOD IN WHICH HE
           WAS TOLD TO LEAVE IRELAND BY GOING TO THE COAST. THERE HE FOUND
           SOME SAILORS WHO TOOK HIM BACK TO BRITAIN WHERE HE REUNITED
           WITH HIS FAMILY. HE HAD ANOTHER DREAM, AND THIS IS JUST
           FASCINATING AND MIRACULOUS TO ME. HE HAD ANOTHER DREAM IN WHICH
           THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND WERE CALLING OUT TO HIM, "WE BEG YOU,
           HOLY YOUTH TO COME AND WALK AMONG US CE MORE." THIS AGAIN IS
           THE LAND WHERE HE WAS A SLAVE, AND ENSLAVED AND HE HAD ESCAPED
           FROM. HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. HE WAS ORDAIND

           BY ST. GERMANE GERMANENESS. THE BISH SHOP WHOM HE HAD STUD SHID
           UNDER FOR YEARS. HE WAS SENT TO TAKE THE GOSPEL TO IRELAND
           WHERE HE HAD BEEN A SLAVE. HE ARRIVED MARCH 25, 433. ONE LEGEND
           SAID HE MET A CHIEFTAIN OF ONE OF THE TRIBES THAT TRIED TO KILL
           PATRICK. HE CONVERTED ONE OF THE CHIEFTAINS. PATRICK BEGAN
           PREACHING THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT IRELAND CONVERTING MANY. HE AND
           HIS DISCIPLES PREACHED AND CONVERTED THOUSANDS AND BEGAN
           BUILDING CHURCHES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. KINGS, THEIR FAMILIES

           AND ENTIRE KINGDOMS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY WHEN HEARING
           PATRICK'S MESSAGE. PATRICK BY NOW HAD MANY DISCIPLES, SEVERAL
           OF WHICH WERE LATER CANNONIZED AS WELL, AS ST. PATRICK
           OBVIOUSLY. PATRICK PREACHED AND CONVERTED ALL FED IRELAND FOR
           40 YEARS. HE WORKED MANY MIRACLES AND WROTES OF HIS LOVE FOR
           GOD AND CONFESSIONS. AFTER YEARS OF LIVING IN POVERTY,
           TRAVELING AND ENDURING MUCH SUFFERING, HE DIED MARCH 17, 461.
           HE DIED AT SAUL, WHERE HE HAD BUILT THE FIRST CHURCH. AND

           THAT'S THE STORY OF ST. PATRICK. THE PA TRONG SAINT OF IRELAND.
           THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND. IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO
           COME BEFORE THE SENATE, I NOW ASK THAT THE SENATE STAND UNTIL
           UNDER THE PREVIOUS ORDER, FOLLOWING THE REMARKS OF SENATOR
           FRIST. AND I NOTE THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CLERK WILL CALL
           THE ROLL.
           
           
           
           
           QUORUM CALL:
           

           MR. FRIST: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE.
           

           MR. FRIST: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
           QUORUM CALL BE DISPENSED WITH.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. FRIST: MR. PRESIDENT, ON MARCH 4, 1999, ROBERT LAWRENCE
           ENMAN OR COACH ENMAN, AS HE WAS KNOWN TO HIS FRIENDS AND
           EVERYONE WHO EVER MET HIM WAS HIS FRIEND, SLIPPED THE SURLY
           BONDS OF EARTH AND, I'M SURE, PASSED INTO THE WAITING ARMS OF
           HIS LORD AND SAVIOR. HE LEFT BEHIND A LOVING FAMILY FAMILY. HE

           LEFT BEHIND A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY. HE LEFT BEHIND TWO
           GENERATIONS OF NASHVILLE YOUTH, INCLUDING MY OWN, WHO LEARNED
           MUCH MORE FROM COACH ENMAN THAN HOW TO SUCCEED ON THE ATHLETIC
           FIELD. THEY LEARNED THAT KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS, THAT A SMILE
           IS A WONDERFUL GIFT, THAT THE PATH TO SUCCESS IS PAVED NOT WITH
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