[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 234-235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 COMMENDING SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE OF BATON ROUGE JAGUARS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 287 introduced 
earlier today by Senators Landrieu and Breaux.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 287) commending the Southern 
     University and A&M College of Baton Rouge Jaguars for being 
     the Sheridan Broadcasting National Black College Champions, 
     the American Sports Wire National Black College Champions, 
     and the MBC/BCSP National Black College Champions.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution and preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that 
any statements relating to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 287) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 287

       Whereas the Jaguars, the football team of the Southern 
     University and A&M College of Baton Rouge, finished the 2003 
     season with 12 wins and was voted number 1 in the final 
     Sheridan Broadcasting National Black College Football Poll 
     for the second time under Head Coach Pete Richardson;
       Whereas the Jaguars won the Southwestern Athletic 
     Conference Championship, defeating Alabama State by a score 
     of 20-9 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama on December 
     13, 2003;

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        Whereas the Jaguars won the Southwestern Athletic 
     Conference Western Division Championship, defeating Grambling 
     State University by a score of 44-41 in the 30th Annual Bayou 
     Classic in the Louisiana Superdome on November 29, 2003;
        Whereas 4 Jaguar players were selected to the Sheridan 
     Broadcasting National Black College All-American Team: Quincy 
     Richard, Arnold Sims, Miniya Smith, and Lenny Williams;
        Whereas Jaguar quarterback Quincy Richard was named the 
     Sheridan Broadcasting National / Doug Williams Offensive 
     Player of the Year and finished with 3,270 yards passing and 
     31 touchdowns;
        Whereas the Jaguar Head Coach Pete Richardson was named 
     Sheridan Broadcasting National Sports Coach of the Year; and
       Whereas the Jaguars accounted for 5,486 total yards on 
     offense and 63 touchdowns: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) commends the Jaguars for winning the Sheridan 
     Broadcasting National Black College Championship;
       (2) recognizes the achievements of all of the players, 
     coaches, and support staff who were instrumental in helping 
     the Jaguars during the 2003 season and invites them to the 
     United States Capitol Building to be honored; and
       (3) directs the Secretary of the Senate to make available 
     enrolled copies of this resolution to the Southern University 
     and A&M College of Baton Rouge for appropriate display and to 
     transmit an enrolled copy of the resolution to each coach and 
     member of the 2003 Jaguars.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I wanted to say, while my counterpart is 
on the floor, that we in the minority have appreciated the way Senators 
McConnell and Frist have handled legislation that has been on the 
floor. We don't agree as to what comes to the floor a lot of times, but 
the majority, with rare exception, has given us the opportunity, when a 
matter is brought up, to talk about it, offer amendments, and then give 
us reasonable time to determine if in fact cloture needs to be invoked 
on a bill. We appreciate that.
  In the rush of things this year, we are going to go out of session on 
July 26 until the fall. We are going to be in a position of wanting to 
do things more quickly than we would ordinarily. I hope the majority 
will stick with what happened last year. I think it worked out well. I 
think our people felt that we were treated fairly, with some 
exceptions. There is going to be a tendency to push things more quickly 
this year and it will make things go even more slowly. In short, we 
have a lot of work to do. By following the Senate rules, I think we 
will get more done than not following the rules.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, let me say to the assistant 
Democratic leader that I thank him for his kind observations. I think 
he is absolutely correct. We have a very limited number of days this 
year upon which to accomplish anything. It is going to require a high 
level of bipartisan cooperation to advance measures that are essential 
to the country, which we all, for the most part, agree on--not to 
mention items that may be more contentious. I thank my friend.

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