[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 191 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 191

Relative to the death of the Honorable J. Strom Thurmond, former United 
  States Senator and President Pro Tempore Emeritus from the State of 
                            South Carolina.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2003

Mr. Frist (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Graham of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Hollings, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Byrd, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid, Mr. Akaka, 
    Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allard, Mr. Allen, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. 
  Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
   Carper, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Cochran, Mr. 
 Coleman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Craig, 
 Mr. Crapo, Mr. Dayton, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, 
    Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
 Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, 
  Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
 Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. McCain, 
  Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Miller, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of 
Florida, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, and Mr. 
  Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Relative to the death of the Honorable J. Strom Thurmond, former United 
  States Senator and President Pro Tempore Emeritus from the State of 
                            South Carolina.

Whereas the Honorable J. Strom Thurmond conducted his life in an exemplary 
        manner, an example to all of his fellow citizens;
Whereas the Honorable J. Strom Thurmond was a devoted husband, father, and most 
        recently, grandfather;
Whereas the Honorable J. Strom Thurmond gave a great measure of his life to 
        public service;
Whereas, having abandoned the safety of high position, the Honorable J. Strom 
        Thurmond served his country during World War II, fighting the greatest 
        threat the world had thus far seen;
Whereas the Honorable J. Strom Thurmond served South Carolina in the United 
        States Senate with devotion and distinction;
Whereas his service on behalf of South Carolina and all Americans earned him the 
        esteem and high regard of his colleagues; and
Whereas his death has deprived his State and Nation of a most outstanding 
        Senator: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable J. Strom 
Thurmond, former Senator and President Pro Tempore Emeritus from the 
State of South Carolina.
    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these 
resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled 
copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
    Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned 
as a further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable J. Strom 
Thurmond.
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