[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4496-4497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TODAY

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following 
resolutions which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 388, S. Res. 
389, S. Res. 390, S. Res. 391, and S. Res. 392.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolutions en bloc.


                              S. Res. 392

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a subpoena for 
documents and deposition testimony in a civil action pending in New 
Jersey Federal District Court. Plaintiffs in the case own and manage 
five assisted-living facilities in Connecticut and are in a labor 
dispute with the employees of those facilities. They have sued the 
union representing those employees for allegedly criminal and fradulent 
tactics in this labor dispute.
  Plaintiffs have sent a subpoena to Senator Blumenthal seeking 
testimony and documents involving a broad scope of matters beyond 
merely the underlying labor dispute. Senator Blumenthal has agreed to 
seek Senate authorization to provide written communications between his 
office and the union regarding the underlying labor dispute. However, 
the Senator believes this subpoena presents an undue burden as it is 
overly broad in scope and seeks material that is not relevant to the 
lawsuit, and also encroaches on areas subject to privilege, and 
therefore objects to producing other documents and to the request for 
deposition testimony.
  This resolution would authorize the production of documents from 
Senator Blumenthal's office except where a privilege or objection is 
asserted. The resolution also authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to 
represent Senator Blumenthal in this matter.
  Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolutions be 
agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, with no intervening 
action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolutions were agreed to.
  The preambles were agreed to.
  (The resolutions, with their preambles, are printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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