[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


JOINT MEETING OF THE TWO HOUSES--ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN


                Recess Subject to the Call of the Chair

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate stands in 
recess subject to the call of the Chair.
  Thereupon, the Senate, at 10:33 a.m., took a recess subject to the 
call of the Chair, and the Senate, preceded by the Secretary of the 
Senate, Julie E. Adams; the Deputy Sergeant at Arms, James Morhard; and 
the Vice President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 
proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives to hear an 
address delivered by His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of 
Japan.
  (The address delivered by the Prime Minister of Japan to the joint 
meeting of the two Houses of Congress is printed in the Proceedings of 
the House of Representatives in today's Record.)
  At 12:16 p.m., the Senate, having returned to its Chamber, 
reassembled and was called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mr. 
Sasse).

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