[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 8 (Friday, January 16, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORIZING SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 27, which was submitted earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 27) to authorize testimony and 
     representation in United States of America v. Jeffrey A. 
     Sterling.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a request for 
testimony in a criminal case under way in the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In this case, a former CIA 
officer has been charged with unlawfully disclosing classified 
information. In 2010, the Senate agreed to S. Res. 600, in the 111th 
Congress, which authorized the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 
to provide evidence in the investigation that preceded this indictment.
  In addition to Senate Intelligence Committee staff, testimony as a 
fact witness has been requested from a former employee of the Senate 
Judiciary Committee. The chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Judiciary Committee would like to cooperate with the request for 
testimony in this case.
  Accordingly, this resolution would authorize the former Judiciary 
Committee employee to testify at trial with representation by the 
Senate Legal Counsel.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 27) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.)

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