Monday, November 30, 2009

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 November 30, 2009 11 2:22 p.m. 12 13 14 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR DAVID J. VALESKY, Acting President 19 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24

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(518) 371-8910 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 3 Senate will please come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to please 5 rise and recite with me the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Father 10 Peter G. Young, of Mother Teresa Community 11 here in Albany, is with us this afternoon to 12 provide the invocation. 13 REVEREND YOUNG: Thank you, 14 Senator. 15 Let us pray. 16 On this last day of November, as we 17 gather here, may we ask You, God, that we have 18 been created by You and You have given us the 19 command to love one another. 20 We're also called to take care of 21 the needy. And in our desire to make us share 22 in this love, God calls us to aid, in gentle 23 kindness, all those that are weak, sick or 24 unfortunate. In God's love of us, we're

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(518) 371-8910 1 called to help the least among us and show 2 them mercy. 3 Amen. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 5 reading of the Journal. 6 The Secretary will read. 7 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 8 Sunday, November 29, the Senate, in 9 Extraordinary Session, met pursuant to 10 adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, 11 November 28, was read and approved. On 12 motion, Senate adjourned. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: With 14 out objection, the Journal stands approved as 15 read. 16 Senator Klein. 17 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 18 can you please recognize Senator Larkin for a 19 very brief announcement. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Certa 21 inly. 22 Senator Larkin. 23 SENATOR LARKIN: Thank you very 24 much, Mr. President.

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(518) 371-8910 1 Yesterday, in the State of 2 Washington, Tacoma, outside of Fort Lewis, 3 Washington, four police officers -- three 4 male, one female -- sitting at a table to 5 discuss the priorities of the day were shot 6 and killed in view of the public. 7 I think that a moment of silence is 8 in order to show respect for the number of law 9 enforcement officers who are being killed. 10 But specifically, at this time of 11 the year and how they were murdered is 12 certainly something that we as a nation should 13 be ashamed of. And we should do everything to 14 strengthen the law enforcement efforts so that 15 these things do not continue. 16 Thank you, Mr. President. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: At 18 Senator Larkin's suggestion, would all present 19 please rise to observe a moment of silence for 20 the law enforcement officers who were recently 21 murdered and all law enforcement officers who 22 put their lives on the line each and every day 23 for each and every one of us. 24 (Whereupon, the assemblage rose and

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(518) 371-8910 1 respected a moment of silence.) 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Senat 3 or Klein. 4 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 5 while meetings and negotiations continue on 6 the deficit reduction plan, can we please 7 stand at ease. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 9 Senate shall stand at ease. 10 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at 11 ease at 2:28 p.m.) 12 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened 13 at 6:02 p.m.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Senat 15 or Klein. 16 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 17 I'd like to inform the Senate that we will 18 adjourn at the call of the Temporary 19 President. On motion, the Senate stands 20 adjourned at the call of the Temporary 21 President, intervening days being legislative 22 days. 23 (Whereupon, at 6:03 p.m., the Senate Adjourned) 24

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