[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 115 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8515]
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                MEASURE PLACED ON THE CALENDAR--S. 2924

  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed as 
in morning business to allow for the second reading of a bill. I 
understand there will be objection. However, this relates to the award 
of the special Congressional Gold Medal to the crew and passengers on 
flight 93.
  I had said on Wednesday and Tuesday, yesterday and the day before, 
that I intended to do this. Since making that announcement, I have 
discussed the matter with the Senator from New York, who is in the 
Chamber, and also the Senator from Texas, who is the ranking member of 
the Banking Committee. I asked the chairman to be present, but he had 
other business to which he had to attend.
  This unanimous consent request is to proceed to the second reading of 
the bill, which I will object to, and then to ask unanimous consent 
that S. 2924, which was previously introduced as S. 1434, be taken up, 
and the Senator from New York will object to that. I said that if he 
was absent I would object on his behalf.
  I am doing this so it will be known that every effort is being made 
by this Senator to get a resolution of S. 2924, which seeks to give 
gold medals, special Congressional Gold Medals, to all those who were 
on flight 93.
  There are others, including the Senator from New York, who would like 
to include other people. The Banking Committee ranking member wants to 
sit down--which we are committed to do early next week--to try to get 
it resolved. However, for purposes of the record, I would like to 
proceed now with the second reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for 
the second time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2924) to authorize the President to award 
     posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to the passengers 
     and crew of flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist 
     attack on the United States on September 11, 2001.

  Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I will now ask the Senate proceed to 
consider the bill, and I object to my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be placed on 
the calendar.

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