[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 28, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS 
                                 MONTH

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the 
Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 293.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 293) supporting the goals and ideals 
     of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, commending 
     domestic violence victim advocates, domestic violence victim 
     service providers, crisis hotline staff, and first responders 
     serving victims of domestic violence for their compassionate 
     support of victims of domestic violence, and expressing the 
     sense of the Senate that Congress should continue to support 
     efforts to end domestic violence and hold perpetrators of 
     domestic violence accountable.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 293) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
October 22, 2015, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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