[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3737-S3738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  AUTHORIZING TESTIMONY AND REPRESENTATION IN UNITED STATES V. HERRERA

  Mr. KELLY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 726, which was 
submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 726) to authorize testimony and 
     representation in United States v. Herrera.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, another criminal trial arising out of the 
events of January 6, 2021, is scheduled to begin on August 15, 2022, in 
Federal district court in the District of Columbia. The defendant in 
this case is charged with five counts: obstructing the counting by 
Congress of the electoral ballots for President and Vice President; 
entering and remaining in a restricted area within the United States 
Capitol grounds; unlawful parading, demonstrating, and picketing; and 
two counts of engaging in disorderly and disruptive conduct.
  The prosecution has requested trial testimony, if necessary, from 
Jeffrey Kent, Director of the Press Photographers' Gallery, which 
operates under the authority of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate, relating to the Gallery's regulation of access to the 
Capitol by bona fide news photographers and heads of photographic news 
bureaus.
  The prosecution is also seeking trial testimony, if necessary, from 
Nate Russell and Diego Torres, custodians of records in the Senate 
Recording Studio, which also operates under the authority of the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to authenticate Senate 
Recording Studio video of that day.
  Senate Sergeant at Arms Gibson would like to cooperate with these 
requests by providing relevant testimony in this proceeding from 
Messrs. Kent, Russell, and Torres, respectively.
  In keeping with the rules and practices of the Senate, this 
resolution would authorize the production of relevant testimony from 
Messrs. Kent, Russell, and Torres, with representation by the Senate 
legal counsel.

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  Mr. KELLY. Mr. President, I further ask that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 726) 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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