III 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 114 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 29, 2011 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Ayotte, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Hagan, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Franken, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Tester, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Chambliss) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Honoring Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro, the first woman selected by a major political party as its candidate for Vice President of the United States, and extending the condolences of the Senate on her death.

Whereas Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro served the people of the Ninth Congressional District of New York for 6 years; Whereas Congresswoman Ferraro worked her way through law school at Fordham University, at a time when very few women did so; Whereas Congresswoman Ferraro then joined the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, where she supervised the prosecution of a variety of violent crimes, including child and domestic abuse; Whereas in 1978, New York’s Ninth Congressional District in Queens elected Congresswoman Ferraro to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she was one of only 16 women members of the House; Whereas when she was nominated as the running mate of Vice President Walter F. Mondale in the 1984 presidential race, Congresswoman Ferraro became the first woman ever chosen to run on the national ticket of either of the 2 major political parties of the United States; Whereas Congresswoman Ferraro’s candidacy continues the progress begun by women who achieved political firsts before her and helped to tear down barriers to the full and equal participation of women in national politics; Whereas in January 1993, President Clinton appointed Ms. Ferraro a United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, a role from which she championed the rights of women around the world; and Whereas Geraldine Ferraro's 1984 bid for Vice President helped our daughters join our sons in believing they could achieve anything they set their minds to: Now, therefore, be it

That— (1)the Senate recognizes that Geraldine A. Ferraro’s vice-presidential candidacy forever enriched the American political landscape and forged a new path for women of the United States; (2)the Senate pays tribute to Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro's work to improve the lives of women and families not only in the Ninth Congressional District of New York, whom she represented so well, but also the lives of women and families all across the United States; (3)the Senate requests the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro; and (4)when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro.