Monday, January 10, 2011

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 January 10, 2011 11 3:02 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ROBERT J. DUFFY, President 19 FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24 25

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will 3 come to order. 4 I ask everyone to please rise and 5 join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. 6 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 7 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 8 THE PRESIDENT: The invocation 9 this afternoon will be given by The Venerable 10 David J. Collum, who is the Archdeacon of the 11 Episcopal Diocese of Albany and Dean of the 12 Cathedral of All Saints. 13 ARCHDEACON COLLUM: I thank you 14 for the privilege of being able to ask God's 15 favor upon each of you and upon this session. 16 I pray that my words will bring God's blessing 17 upon you. As I pray to God, I do so not to 18 proselytize you or to offend you, but to pray 19 to God for you in the way that I understand 20 God. 21 Almighty God, fountain of life and 22 source of all goodness, You made all things 23 and fill them with Your blessing. You created 24 them to rejoice in the splendor of Your 25 radiance, and You ordained men and women to

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 have charge over this, Your creation. 2 We thank You for calling men and 3 women from around this state to serve others 4 in governing. We thank You for putting us at 5 tasks which demand our best. We thank You 6 that You are faithful and that You hear the 7 prayers of Your people. We thank You for the 8 goodness and love which You have made known to 9 us. 10 Almighty God, we come today seeking 11 Your blessing upon our labors. Yet before 12 seeking our own needs this day, we pray for 13 those in our sister state of Arizona. Father, 14 men and women who came to support democracy 15 fell victim to violence. Amidst our shock and 16 sadness, grant us a spirit of faith and 17 courage that we may have the strength to meet 18 the days to come with steadfastness, patience, 19 and hope. 20 There are still those injured who 21 cling to life. Guide those who care for them 22 in their recovery. And we beseech You to 23 stretch out Your healing hand of love upon 24 them, especially the colleague of these my 25 brothers and sisters, Congresswoman Gabrielle

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Giffords. 2 Lord, six died in this senseless 3 violence. Comfort their families that they 4 may cast all their care on You and know the 5 consolation of Your love. And for those who 6 are no longer with us but on a distant shore, 7 grant eternal rest to them, O Lord, and let 8 light perpetual shine upon them. 9 And now, Father, I ask that You 10 bless these men and these women. I ask You, 11 bless their lives and the lives of their 12 families, watch over and protect them, keep 13 them from harm and lead them into all truth. 14 I ask You, bless their work. You are our God 15 of order. Help them to order the affairs of 16 this state, that their work may bring peace, 17 prosperity and hope to the people they serve. 18 I ask You, bless their proceedings. 19 So much lies before them. Grant them 20 immeasurable wisdom to know which situations 21 to address first. In each of these 22 situations, there is so much complexity. 23 Enhance their understanding so that they may 24 truly see and know Your solution. Strengthen 25 their perseverance to reach those solutions

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 and to overcome the obstacles which seek to 2 create disunity and destroy their labors. 3 Finally, Almighty God, we ask You, 4 by Your mercy, that You would lead disparate 5 views and competing ideas into unity with 6 charity. 7 O Lord our God, accept these our 8 prayers. In the multitude of Your mercies, 9 look with compassion upon us who now turn to 10 You for help, for You are a gracious God. And 11 to You we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy 12 Spirit, now and forever. 13 Amen. 14 THE PRESIDENT: The reading of 15 the Journal. 16 The Secretary will read. 17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 18 Sunday, January 9, the Senate met pursuant to 19 adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, 20 January 8, was read and approved. On motion, 21 Senate adjourned. 22 THE PRESIDENT: Without 23 objection, the Journal stands approved as 24 read. 25 Presentation of petitions.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Let the record show we are in 2 receipt of the State of the State message from 3 the Governor. I hand it down and ask that it 4 be filed in the Journal. 5 Messages from the Assembly. 6 Reports of standing committees. 7 Reports of select committees. 8 Communications and reports from 9 state officers. 10 Motions and resolutions. 11 Senator Libous. 12 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 13 Mr. President. 14 Mr. President, in consultation with 15 Senator Sampson, I now hand up the following 16 Minority committee assignments and ask that 17 such assignments be filed into the Journal, 18 please. 19 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 20 Senator Libous. 21 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 22 Mr. President. 23 Mr. President and my colleagues, I 24 too ask that we take a few moments here to 25 certainly observe a moment of silence in

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 respect for the victims in Tucson. Certainly 2 for Congresswoman Gifford, the 12 who were 3 injured, the six that were murdered. 4 And if we could just all stand, 5 Mr. President, as a body and pay our respects 6 and certainly our silent prayer. 7 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, 8 Senator. 9 All rise. 10 (Whereupon, the assemblage 11 respected a moment of silence.) 12 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, 13 Senator Libous. 14 Senator Libous. 15 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 16 Mr. President. 17 Is there any further business at 18 the desk? 19 THE PRESIDENT: None. 20 SENATOR LIBOUS: There being no 21 further business at the desk, Mr. President, I 22 move that we adjourn until Tuesday, 23 January 11, at 11:00 a.m. 24 THE PRESIDENT: On motion, the 25 Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday,

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 January 11th, at 11:00 a.m. 2 (Whereupon, at 3:10 p.m., the 3 Senate adjourned.) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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