[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18850]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OF H.R. 2215

  Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I take a moment while the Senator from 
Alabama is here. I thank Senator Sessions for his statement yesterday 
in support of the bipartisan conference report on DOJ authorization. I 
do that because I know he opposes a significant piece of it, Senator 
Hatch's legislation regarding automobile dealer arbitration, but I 
applaud Senator Sessions for reaching beyond that for the better bill, 
the overall bill.
  I compliment his work on the conference report on the Paul Coverdell 
Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants, the Center for Domestic 
Preparedness in Alabama, and a number of other States.
  In a hurried time, and sometimes partisan Senate, we do not take 
enough time to acknowledge and appreciate work done by those on the 
other side of the aisle. I take this moment to express my appreciation 
of the work of the Senator from Alabama, Mr. Sessions.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, it is the intention of Senator Hatch and I 
to move to suspend paragraphs 2 and 3 of rule XXVIII of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate for consideration of the conference report on H.R. 
2215, the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act.

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