[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9529]
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                  AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF THE ROTUNDA

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 134, which 
was received from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 134) authorizing the 
     use of the Rotunda of the Capitol to allow Members of 
     Congress to greet and receive His All Holiness, Patriarch 
     Bartholomew.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the concurrent resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. GORTON. I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be 
agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that 
any statements relating to the resolution appear at this point in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 134) was agreed to.

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