[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 572 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 572

 Relative to the death of the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, a Senator from 
                      the State of West Virginia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2010

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, 
     Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr, 
   Mr. Burris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
   Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
 Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
    Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
  Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mrs. 
 Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, 
  Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, 
  Mr. LeMieux, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
 McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, 
Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, 
  Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. 
 Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of 
   New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. 
    Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, 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 Robert C. Byrd, a Senator from 
                      the State of West Virginia.

Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd served the people of his beloved state of 
        West Virginia for over 63 years, serving in the West Virginia House of 
        Delegates, the West Virginia Senate, the United States House of 
        Representatives, and the United States Senate;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd is the only West Virginian to have served 
        in both Houses of the West Virginia Legislature and in both Houses of 
        the United States Congress;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd has served for fifty-one years in the 
        United States Senate and is the longest serving Senator in history, 
        having been elected to nine full terms;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd has cast more than 18,680 roll call 
        votes--more than any other Senator in American history;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd has served in the Senate leadership as 
        President pro tempore, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Leader, 
        and Secretary of the Majority Conference;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd has served on a Senate committee, the 
        Committee on Appropriations, which he has chaired during five 
        Congresses, longer than any other Senator;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd is the first Senator to have authored a 
        comprehensive history of the United States Senate;
Whereas, the Honorable Robert C. Byrd has played an essential role in the 
        development and enactment of an enormous body of national legislative 
        initiatives and policy over many decades; and
Whereas his death has deprived his State and Nation of an outstanding lawmaker 
        and public servant: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, 
Senator from the State of West Virginia.
    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 deceased Senator.
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