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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7507-7508; text as passed Senate: CR S7507-7508)

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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7507-7508; text as passed Senate: CR S7507-7508)

June 5, 2003

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Sen. Pete V. DomeniciR-NM · Jun 5, 2003

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 5, 2003, at 10 a.m. to conduct an…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 5, 2003, at 10 a.m. to conduct an oversight hearing on ``Reauthorization of the Defense Production Act.''

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on Title XI, on Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., in Room SR- 253.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet in open Executive Session during the session on Thursday, June 5, 2003, TBA, to mark up a revenue title to S. 824, the Aviation Investment and Revitalization Vision Act.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 5, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on Life Inside North Korea.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. for a nomination hearing to consider the nominations of C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, Department of Homeland Security; Michael J. Garcia to be Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; and Joe D. Whitly to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

i. nominations

R. Hewitt Pate to be Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust

Division, U.S. Department of Justice; David B. Rivkin to the

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Richard C. Wesley to be

United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit; J. Ronnie

Greer to be United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Tennessee; Thomas M. Hardiman to be United States

District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Mark

R. Kravitz to be United States District Judge for the

District of Connecticut; John A. Woodcock to be United States

District Judge for the District of Maine.

ii. bills

S. Res. 116, A resolution commemorating the life,

achievements and contributions of Al Lerner.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 2:00 p.m., to conduct a hearing on Senate Rule XXII and proposals to amend this rule.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m. to conduct a hearing regarding S. 485, the Clear Skies bill, to examine emissions- control technologies and utility-sector investment issues.

The hearing will take place in SD 406.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 5, 2003, on Intercity Passenger Rail Finance at 10 a.m. in Room SR-253.

Sen. George V. VoinovichR-OH · Jun 5, 2003

Mr. President, I rise today to honor Alfred Lerner. Al, as he was called by those who knew him best, was a man of great success and wealth but also great compassion and charity. Al was born in New…

Sen. Robert F. BennettR-UT · Jun 5, 2003

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 122, S. Res. 116. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed…

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Agreed to SenateIssued June 5, 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 116 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 116

Commemorating the life, achievements, and contributions of Al Lerner.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 9, 2003

Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

June 5, 2003

Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment; considered and agreed to

_______________________________________________________________________

RESOLUTION

Commemorating the life, achievements, and contributions of Al Lerner.

Whereas Alfred Lerner (``Al'' to those who knew him best) was a successful,
humble, compassionate, and well respected member of his family and
community whose life was devoted to civic involvement and efforts to
improve the quality of education and health care available to his fellow
citizens;
Whereas Al Lerner was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1933, graduated from
Brooklyn Technical High School in 1951, and received a B.A. from
Columbia College in 1955;
Whereas Al Lerner was a Marine Corps officer and pilot from 1955 through 1957,
displaying his love of country by wearing his Marine Corps cap long
after finishing his tour of duty, and later was a director of the Marine
Corps Law Enforcement Foundation;
Whereas Al Lerner was the son of Russian immigrants, and in 2002 received the
Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which celebrates immigrant heritage and
individual achievements;
Whereas Al Lerner and his high school sweetheart, best friend, and partner in
life, Norma Lerner, shared 47 years of marriage and were deeply
committed to their 2 children, Randy and Nancy;
Whereas Al and Norma Lerner made extremely generous contributions to local and
national charities, including a contribution of $10,000,000 in 1993 to
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, a donation of
$16,000,000 to support construction of the Lerner Research Institute,
and a donation of $100,000,000 to the Cleveland Clinic--one of the
largest donations to academic medicine in the history of the United
States;
Whereas Al Lerner served as president and trustee of the Cleveland Clinic
Foundation where the Lerner Research Institute was established to
conduct research of new treatments for cancer, coronary artery disease,
and AIDS;
Whereas Al Lerner, along with his business partner Carmen Policy, reestablished
a National Football League team in Northern Ohio when he purchased the
expansion Cleveland Browns football organization in 1998, worked hard to
make the people of Cleveland and Northern Ohio proud of their football
team, and was subsequently appointed chairman of the National Football
League Finance Committee;
Whereas the Cleveland Browns, on the strength of Al Lerner's leadership, reached
the National Football League playoffs following the 2002 season, only 4
years after returning to the league;
Whereas Al Lerner served as founder, chairman, and chief executive of MBNA
Corporation, which employs thousands of people in Ohio and is the
Nation's largest issuer of independent credit cards;
Whereas Al Lerner served as vice chairman, trustee, and benefactor of Columbia
College, which is now known as Columbia University, and also served as a
trustee for Case Western Reserve University and New York Presbyterian
Hospital;
Whereas Al Lerner helped raise funds, through his affiliation with MBNA and the
Cleveland Browns, for the ``Cleveland Browns Hero Fund'' to aid families
from the New York City Fire and Police Departments who suffered the loss
of a parent in the tragic September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks;
Whereas Al Lerner was appointed in 2001 by President Bush as 1 of 15 members of
the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which advises the
President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence
collection, intelligence analysis and estimates, counter-intelligence,
and other intelligence activities;
Whereas Al Lerner is survived by his wife, partner, and best friend, Norma,
their son Randy, their daughter Nancy, and 7 grandchildren; and
Whereas Al Lerner passed away on October 23, 2002, and the contributions he made
to his family, his community, and his Nation will not be forgotten: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) honors the life, achievements, and contributions of
Alfred Lerner; and
(2) extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Alfred
Lerner for the loss of a great and generous man.
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