[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23157]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       RELEASE OF MR. EDMOND POPE

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 404, which is at 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 404) calling for the 
     immediate release of Mr. Edmond Pope from prison in the 
     Russian Federation for humanitarian reasons, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. SESSIONS. 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 concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 404) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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