[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORIZING LEGAL REPRESENTATION

  Mr. NELSON. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 452 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. 452) to authorize testimony, 
     documents, and representation in City of Lafayette v. Bryan 
     Benoir.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a request for 
testimony in a criminal misdemeanor action pending in City Court in 
Lafayette, LA. In this action, the defendant is charged with disturbing 
the peace arising out of his appearance at Senator David Vitter's 
Lafayette, LA office. A trial is scheduled for May 28, 2014.
  The prosecution has sought testimony from two current employees of 
Senator Vitter's office, and one former employee of that office, who 
were witnesses to the charged event. Senator Vitter would like to 
cooperate by providing relevant testimony, and, if necessary, documents 
from his office. This resolution would authorize those current and 
former employees, and any other employee of the Senator's office from 
whom relevant evidence may be necessary, to testify and produce 
documents in this action, with representation by the Senate Legal 
Counsel.
  Mr. NELSON. Madam President, 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. 452) 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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