Sept. 2, 1998 sees Congressional Record publish “EXECUTIVE SESSION”

Sept. 2, 1998 sees Congressional Record publish “EXECUTIVE SESSION”

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Volume 144, No. 114 covering the 2nd Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“EXECUTIVE SESSION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S9894 on Sept. 2, 1998.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

EXECUTIVE SESSION

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on behalf of the majority leader, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate go into executive session and that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of the following nominations, and the Senate then proceed to their consideration: Senator Rod Grams, Senator Joseph Biden, former Senator Claiborne Pell.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. SPECTER. I ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to legislative session.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

The nominations considered and confirmed, en bloc, are as follows:

Department of State

Rod Grams, of Minnesota, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Joseph R. Biden, of Delaware, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Claiborne deB. Pell, of Rhode Island, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 144, No. 114

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