2002-02-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 2102
          service ahead of self, principles ahead of personal                                       
          popularity, and the well-being of the whole diverse                                       
            people of Alaska ahead of those in our district alone.                                 
                                                                                                    
          Give us courage to be leaders of unquestionable                                           
          integrity; wisdom to listen to the quiet voices, and the                                  
          flexibility to change, to grow and to compromise.                                         
                                                                                                    
          This I pray in the Name of Jesus, Who came not to be                                      
    served, but to serve.                                           Amen.                          
                                                                                                    
Senator Lincoln led the Senate in the Pledge of Allegiance.                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                Certification                                                    
                                                                                                    
Senator Leman moved and asked unanimous consent that the journals                                   
for the nineteenth through twenty-first legislative days be approved as                             
certified by the Secretary. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                   
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                           Messages from the House                                               
                                                                                                    
Message dated February 1 was read, stating the House passed and                                     
transmitted for consideration:                                                                      
                                                                                                    
                        First Reading and Reference of                                           
                              House Resolutions                                                  
                                                                                                    
HJR 35                                                                                            
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 35 am BY REPRESENTATIVES                                                 
JAMES, Coghill, Wilson, Hayes, Lancaster, Fate,                                                     
                                                                                                    
          Relating to urging the United States Congress to                                          
          amend the tax code to permanently repeal the estate                                       
          tax.                                                                                      
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the State Affairs Committee.