[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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     SENATE RESOLUTION 298--TO AUTHORIZE TESTIMONY, DOCUMENTS, AND 
                REPRESENTATION IN UNITED STATES V. ALLEN

  Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. McConnell) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 298

       Whereas, in the case of United States v. Allen, Crim. No. 
     12-112, pending in the United States District Court for the 
     Middle District of Florida, the prosecution has requested the 
     production of documents and testimony from current and former 
     employees of the offices of Senators Bill Nelson and Marco 
     Rubio;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(2) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  288b(a) 
     and 288c(a)(2), the Senate may direct its counsel to 
     represent current and former employees of the Senate with 
     respect to any subpoena, order, or request for testimony 
     relating to their official responsibilities;
       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 
     may, by the judicial or administrative process, be taken from 
     such control or possession but by permission of the Senate; 
     and
       Whereas, when it appears that evidence under the control or 
     in the possession of the Senate may promote the 
     administration 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 Peter Mitchell and Grace Pettus, a current 
     and a former employee, respectively, of the Office of Senator 
     Bill Nelson, and Adele Griffin and Ashley Cook, current 
     employees of the Office of Senator Marco Rubio, and any other 
     current or former employee from either office from whom 
     relevant evidence may be sought, are authorized to produce 
     documents and provide testimony in the case of United States 
     v. Allen, except concerning matters for which a privilege 
     should be asserted.
       Sec. 2.  The Senate Legal Counssel is authorized to 
     represent current and former employees of the offices of 
     Senators Nelson and Rubio in connection with the production 
     of evidence authorized in section one of this resolution.

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