[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 123 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D911]
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                                       Thursday, September 20, 2001

[[Page D911]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House of Representatives and Senate met in Joint Session to 
      receive a message from President George W. Bush--A Country 
      Awakened to Danger and Called to Defend Freedom.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9551-S9560
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1441-1443, and S. Res. 161.
  Page S9557
Escort Committee: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
that the President pro tempore of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on 
the part of the House of Representatives to escort the President of the 
United States into the House Chamber for the joint session to be held 
at 9 p.m., on Thursday, September 20, 2001.
  Page S9551
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the President's address concerning the terrorist attack 
on New York's World Trade Center, delivered to a Joint Session of 
Congress on September 20, 2001; which was ordered to lie on the table. 
(PM-43)
Pages S9553-55
Executive Communications:
  Page S9556
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S9557
Measures Referred:
  Page S9555
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9555
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Page S9558
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9557-58
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9559-60
Additional Statements:
  Page S9553
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S9556
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S9560
Adjournment: Senate met at 8:31 p.m. and adjourned at 9:44 p.m., until 
9 a.m., on Friday, September 21, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9560.)