[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15340]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING THE STATE OF QATAR

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 188, H. Con. 
Res. 35.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 35) congratulating 
     the State of Qatar and its citizens for their commitment to 
     democratic ideals and women's suffrage on the occasion of 
     Qatar's historic elections of a central municipal council on 
     March 8, 1999.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to this 
resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (H. Con. Res. 35) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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