[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4933]
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             AUTHORIZATION OF TESTIMONY BY SENATE EMPLOYEE

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 320, submitted 
earlier by Senator Lott and Senator Daschle.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 320) to authorize testimony by a 
     Senate employee in a State administrative proceeding.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, a caseworker employed in the state office of 
Senator William V. Roth, Jr. has been subpoenaed to testify at an 
unemployment compensation benefits hearing before the Delaware 
Department of Labor.
  The testimony concerns contacts that the caseworker had with the 
claimant in the course of assisting the claimant's employing business 
with casework matters.
  In accordance with the rules of the Senate, this resolution would 
enable the caseworker to testify in response to the subpoena.
  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and any statements relating thereto be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 320) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 320

       Whereas, in the Inquiry Relative to the Claim for Benefits 
     of Yolanda Nock, pending before the Department of Labor, in 
     the County of Sussex, State of Delaware, a subpoena for 
     testimony has been issued to Elinor Hughes, an employee of 
     the Senate on the staff of Senator William V. Roth, Jr;
       Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of the United 
     States and Rule XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no 
     evidence under the control or in the possession of the Senate 
     may, by the judicial or administrative process, be taken from 
     such control or possession but by permission of the Senate;
       Whereas, when it appears that evidence under the control or 
     in the possession of the Senate may promote the 
     administration of justice, the Senate will take such action 
     as will promote the ends of justice consistently with the 
     privileges of the Senate: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That Elinor Hughes is authorized to testify in 
     the Inquiry Relative to the Claim for Benefits of Yolanda 
     Nock, except concerning matters for which a privilege should 
     be asserted.

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