[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7262]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AUTHORIZATION OF TESTIMONY

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 119, submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 119) to authorize testimony by a 
     former detailee of the Committee on the Judiciary.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Committee on the Judiciary has received 
a request from an attorney with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
a declaration from a former Judiciary Committee detailee for use in a 
Department of Justice administrative proceeding brought by an FBI 
employee claiming whistleblower protection. The FBI requests the 
declaration to address the employee's allegations regarding a 
conversation between the committee detailee and the FBI employee.
  This resolution would provide authority for the former committee 
detailee to provide a declaration for use in the FBI's administrative 
proceeding.
  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be 
laid on the table, and any statements relating thereto be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 119) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 119

       Whereas, the Committee on the Judiciary has received a 
     request from an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel 
     of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a declaration from 
     a former detailee of the Committee, Steven M. Dettelbach, for 
     use in the Department of Justice's administrative proceeding 
     styled In re George A. Runkle. Jr., OARM-WB No. 06-2;
       Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of the United 
     States and Rule XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no 
     evidence under the control or in the possession of the Senate 
     can, by administrative or judicial process, be taken from 
     such control or possession but by permission of the Senate;
       Whereas, when it appears that evidence under the control or 
     in the possession of the Senate is needed for the promotion 
     of justice, the Senate will take such action as will promote 
     the ends of justice consistent with the privileges of the 
     Senate: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the former detailee of the Committee on the 
     Judiciary, Steven M. Dettelbach, is authorized to provide a 
     declaration for use in the administrative proceeding In re 
     George A. Runkle, Jr., OARM-WB No. 06-2.

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