[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 3107-3108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         AUTHORIZING AUTHORITY

  Mr. PRYOR. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of S. Res. 360, which was submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 360) to authorize testimony and 
     representation in United States v. Onstad.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a request for 
testimony and representation in a Federal criminal action pending in 
Montana Federal district court. The defendant is charged with, among 
other offenses, conspiring to defraud the United States by making 
fraudulent statements in connection with a grant of Federal money for a 
project serving disadvantaged youth.
  The prosecution has requested the production of testimony from 
Senator Tester's chief of staff, who has information relevant to the 
charged offenses, which include the charge that the defendant conspired 
to represent falsely to Federal authorities that employees of the 
Senator's office were contributing in-kind services to the youth 
project at issue. Senator Tester would like to cooperate with this 
request by providing relevant employee testimony from his office.

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  The enclosed resolution would authorize the production of testimony 
from the Senator's chief of staff and any other current or former 
employee of the Senator's office from whom relevant testimony may be 
had, with representation by the Senate legal counsel.
  Mr. PRYOR. 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. 360) 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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