[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 144 (Thursday, October 25, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10989-S10990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 1573

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I send a bill to the desk and ask it 
be placed on the calendar, and I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the title of the bill.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1573)) to authorize the provision of educational 
     and health care assistance to women and children of 
     Afghanistan.

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask for the second reading.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there an objection to the Senator's 
request?
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I object to my own request.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The objection is heard. This bill will be 
read for the second time on the next legislative day.
  The Senator from Texas is recognized.
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, thank you.
  (The remarks of Mrs. Hutchison, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. 
Stabenow, and Ms. Snowe pertaining to the introduction of S. 1573 are 
printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and 
Joint Resolutions.)

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