[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           AUTHORIZATION OF TESTIMONY AND DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 221 
submitted earlier by Senators Lott and Daschle.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 221) to authorize testimony and 
     document production in the matter of Pamela A. Carter v. 
     HealthSource Saginaw.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this resolution would permit a member of 
Senator Levin's staff to testify and produce documents in an 
administrative hearing before the Michigan Department of Consumer and 
Industry Services concerning information she acquired while performing 
case work on the Senator's behalf.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and any statements relating to the resolution be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 221) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 221

       Whereas, in the case of In the Matter of Pamela A. Carter 
     v. HealthSource Saginaw, No. 1199-3828, pending in the 
     Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services, 
     testimony has been requested from Mary Washington, an 
     employee in Senator Carl Levin's Saginaw, Michigan office;
       Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of the United 
     States and Rule XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no 
     evidence under the control or in the possession of the Senate 
     may, by the administrative or judicial process, be taken from 
     such control or possession but by permission of the Senate;
       Whereas, when it appears that evidence under the control or 
     in the possession of the Senate may promote the 
     administration of justice, the Senate will take such action 
     as will promote the ends of justice consistently with the 
     privileges of the Senate. Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That Mary Washington, and any other employee of 
     the Senate from whom testimony or document production may be 
     required, is authorized to testify and produce documents in 
     the case of In the Matter of Pamela A. Carter v. HealthSource 
     Saginaw, except concerning matters for which a privilege 
     should be asserted.

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