[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 298 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 298

  Designating room S. 131 in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 1996

Mr. Byrd, (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Akaka, 
  Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
 Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brown, Mr. Bryan, Mr. 
 Bumpers, Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, 
   Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. 
 DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Exon, Mr. Faircloth, 
  Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Ford, Mrs. Frahm, Mr. Frist, Mr. 
Glenn, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Gregg, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heflin, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mrs. 
  Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnston, Mrs. 
  Kassebaum, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
 Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. McConnell, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Moseley-
Braun, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Nunn, 
Mr. Pell, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reid, Mr. Robb, Mr. Rockefeller, 
   Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Simon, Mr. 
 Simpson, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thomas, 
 Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Wyden) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Designating room S. 131 in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room.

Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield, the son of Charles Hatfield (a railroad 
        construction blacksmith) and Dovie Odom Hatfield (a school teacher), 
        upon the completion of the 104th Congress, will have served in the 
        United States Senate with great distinction for 30 years;
Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield is the longest serving United States Senator 
        from Oregon;
Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield serves on the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources, the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Joint 
        Committee on the Library, and the Joint Committee on Printing;
Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield serves as Chairman of the Committee on 
        Appropriations and has provided for the development of major public 
        works projects throughout the State or Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, 
        and the rest of the Nation;
Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield has constantly worked for what he calls ``the 
        desperate human needs in our midst'' by striving to improve health, 
        education, and social service programs;
Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield has earned bipartisan respect from his Senate 
        colleagues for his unique ability to work across party lines to build 
        coalitions which secure the enactment of legislation; and
Whereas it is appropriate that a room in the United States Capitol Building be 
        named in honor of Senator Mark O. Hatfield as a reminder to present and 
        future generations of his outstanding service as a United States 
        Senator: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That room S. 131 in the United States Capitol Building is 
hereby designated as, and shall hereafter be known as, the ``Mark O. 
Hatfield Room'' in recognition of the selfless and dedicated service 
provided by Senator Mark O. Hatfield to the Senate, our Nation, and its 
people.
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