[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF A PALESTINIAN 
                                 STATE

  Mr. VOINOVICH. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 44, House 
Concurrent Resolution 24.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 24) expressing 
     congressional opposition to the unilateral declaration of a 
     Palestinian state and urging the President to assert clearly 
     United States opposition to such a unilateral declaration of 
     statehood.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the concurrent 
resolution.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 24) was agreed to.
  Mr. VOINOVICH. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
preamble be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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