[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         DAY OF RECONCILIATION

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I appreciate the time to be able to 
address the body on a key issue we will be taking up for a vote on 
Monday. Before I do that, I would like to make an announcement of an 
activity in which the Presiding Officer and I have been directly 
involved. On December 4, Tuesday this next week, from 5 to 7, it is 
going to be a day of reconciliation, a time period in the Rotunda for 
Members of both the House and Senate sides. This is going to be a time 
for the leaders of the country to get together and pray for the Nation. 
It is going to be December 4, 5 to 7 p.m., just the leaders of the 
House, Senate, and administration. It will not be open to the public. I 
do hope Members can attend and be a part of that process and that 
ceremony. It is something the country used to do frequently and hasn't 
for a number of years. That will be December 4, 5 to 7 p.m., in the 
Rotunda.

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