{ 1999/09/10 TIME: 09-30 , Fri. 106TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}

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{09:30:01} (END-TEST) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

{09:33:05 NSP} (THE PRESIDING OFFICER) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATE WILL COME TO ORDER. THE
           CHAPLAIN WILL LEAD THE SENATE IN PRAYER.

{09:33:18 NSP} (THE CHAPLAIN) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE CHAPLAIN: ALMIGHTY GOD, CREATOR OF THE WORLD, RULER OVER
           ALL LIFE, OUR ADONAI, SOVEREIGN LORD OF OUR LIVES, WE JOIN WITH
           THE JEWISH SENATORS IN CELEBRATING ROSH HASHANAH, "THE HEAD OF
           THE YEAR," THE BEGINNING OF THE DAYS OF AWE AND REPENTANCE, A
           TIME OF RECONCILIATION WITH YOU AND WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE THANK
           YOU THAT WE ARE UNITED IN OUR NEED TO REPENT, TO RETURN TO OUR
           REAL SELVES FOR AN HONEST INVENTORY, AND THEN TO RETURN TO YOU

{09:33:49} (THE CHAPLAIN) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           WITH A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART.
           
           FORGIVE OUR SINS OF OMISSION: THE WORDS AND DEEDS YOU CALLED US
           TO SAY AND DO WHICH WE NEGLECTED, OUR BLAND CONDONING OF
           PREJUDICE AND HATRED, AND OUR TOLERATION OF INJUSTICE IN OUR
           SOCIETY. FORGIVE OUR SINS OF
           
           COMMISSION: THE TIMES WE TURNED AWAY FROM YOUR CLEAR AND

{09:34:24} (THE CHAPLAIN) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           SPECIFIC GUIDANCE, AND THE TIMES WE ACKNOWLEDGINGLY
           REBELLEDAGAINST YOUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR LIVES AND YOUR
           RIGHTEOUSNESS IN OUR NATION. SOUND THE SHOFAR IN OUR SOULS,
           BLOW THE TRUMPETS, AND WAKE OUR SOMNOLENT SPIRITS. AROUSE US
           AND CALL US TO SPIRITUAL REGENERATION. AWAKEN US TO OUR
           ACCOUNTABILITY TO YOU FOR OUR LIVES AND OUR LEADERSHIP OF THIS
           NATION. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATONING GRACE AND FOR THIS

{09:35:00} (THE CHAPLAIN) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW BEGINNING. AND SO LORD, HELP THE JEWS AND
           CHRISTIANS CALLED TO SERVE IN THIS SENATE, THE SENATORS'
           STAFFS, AND THE WHOLE SENATE SUPPORT TEAM TO CELEBRATE UNITY
           UNDER YOUR SOVEREIGNTY AND EXEMPLIFY TO OUR NATION THE ONENESS
           OF A SHARED COMMITMENT TO YOU. IN YOUR HOLY NAME. AMEN.

{09:35:33 NSP} (THE PRESIDING OFFICER) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATE WILL NOW JOIN IN THE PLEDGE
           OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
           
           THE SENATORS: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
           STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE
           NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

{09:35:58 NSP} (THE PRESIDING OFFICER) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL READ AP COMMUNICATION TO
           THE SENATE.

{09:36:02 NSP} (THE CLERK) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE CLERK: WASHINGTON, D.C., SEPTEMBER 10, 1999.
           
           TO THE SENATE: UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 1, SECTION 3, OF
           THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE, I HEREBY APPOINT THE
           HONORABLE MIKE DEWINE, A SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF OHIO, TO
           PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR. SIGNED STROM THURMOND,
           PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE.

{09:36:20 NSP} (THE PRESIDING OFFICER) { NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT }

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CHAIR IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE SENATOR
           FROM OHIO, SUGGESTS THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THE CLERK WILL
           CALL THE ROLL.
           
           
           
           QUORUM CALL:
           
{END: 1999/09/10 TIME: 09-45 , Fri.  106TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}

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