[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14850-14851]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORIZING SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to S. Res. 264.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 264) to authorize testimony, 
     documents, and representation in State of Florida v. 
     Lawrence, Denny & Scarbrough.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, this resolution concerns a request for 
testimony, documents, and representation in three related criminal 
actions pending in Florida State court. In these actions, protesters 
have been charged

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with trespassing on the Tampa, FL, office of Senator Marco Rubio, and 
refusing requests by police to leave the premises. The prosecution has 
sought testimony from an employee of the Senator's Tampa office who had 
conversations with the protesters on the day in question. Senator Rubio 
would like to cooperate by providing relevant testimony and documents 
from his employee. This resolution would authorize that employee, and 
any other employee of the Senator's office from whom relevant testimony 
may be necessary, to testify and produce documents in this action, with 
representation by the Senate Legal Counsel.
  I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the 
preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 264) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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