[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8013]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I am proud to be a cosponsor of the 
resolution that the Senate just unanimously approved to designate May 
as the National Military Appreciation Month.
  With troops in harm's way in Bosnia, in Serbia, in Haiti and the 
Persian Gulf, it is difficult to conceive of a more appropriate time 
for the Senate to have clearly put itself on record as supporting our 
brave men and women in uniform.
  Regardless of how we may feel about these individual deployments, it 
is important that the American people send an unmistakable signal to 
our troops that we salute their bravery, their patriotism, their 
courage and their unparalleled skill as they carry out dangerous 
missions throughout the world.
  I am proud to support our troops 100 percent, as they carry out their 
missions and the will of the Commander in Chief.
  Mr. President, let us all join together today and every day to 
remember our troops throughout the world.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a 
quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Roberts). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The Senate is in morning business and Senators are granted permission 
to speak up to 10 minutes on a Friday afternoon.
  The Senator is recognized.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be 
permitted to speak for up to 20 minutes in morning business, 
notwithstanding the afternoon.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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