[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 77 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6347]
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EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT STATES SHOULD WORK MORE AGGRESSIVELY 
                ATTACKING THE PROBLEM OF VIOLENT CRIMES

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of House Concurrent 
Resolution 75 and, further, that the Senate proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 75) expressing the 
     sense of the Congress that States should work more 
     aggressively to attack the problem of violent crimes 
     committed by repeat offenders and criminals serving 
     abbreviated sentences.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to; that the preamble be agreed to; that the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that any statements 
relating to the resolution appear at the appropriate place in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 75) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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