[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 194 (Friday, December 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S13469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      EXPRESSING SYMPATHY FOR CIVILIANS KILLED IN THE PHILIPPINES

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of H. Con. 
Res. 218 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 218) expressing 
     sympathy for the 57 civilians who were killed in the southern 
     Philippines on November 23, 2009.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening 
action or debate, and that any statements relating to the concurrent 
resolution be printed in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 218) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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