[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18031]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   CONDEMNING BIGOTRY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST ARAB-AMERICANS, AMERICAN 
                 MUSLIMS, AND AMERICANS FROM SOUTH ASIA

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 227.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 227) condemning 
     bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans, American 
     Muslims, and Americans from South Asia in the wake of 
     terrorist attacks in New York City, New York, and Washington, 
     D.C., on September 11, 2001.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating 
thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 227) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning 
business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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