HJR  9am-URGE CONGRESS HONOR EXXON VALDEZ JUDGMENT                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR   THOMAS  WAGONER   announced  HJR   9am  to   be  up   for                                                               
consideration and passed the gavel  to Senator Stedman because he                                                               
has a potential  conflict being one of the  litigants involved in                                                               
the Exxon Valdez litigation.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SUZANNE HANCOCK,  staff to  Representative LeDoux,  sponsor, said                                                               
that  this resolution  urges  the U.S.  Congress  to respect  the                                                               
judicial process and asks it to  not change any of the settlement                                                               
terms.  The litigants  of the  Exxon Valdez  oil spill  are still                                                               
waiting for a resolution 16 years  after it happened and 10 years                                                               
after the original jury verdict.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
5:41:13 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  ELTON  moved  to  report HJR  9am  from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations  and zero  fiscal note. There  were no                                                               
objections and it was so ordered.