[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 76 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 76

 Designating room S-126 of the United States Capitol as the ``Senator 
Daniel K. Inouye Room'' in recognition of his service to the Senate and 
                    the people of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2013

     Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating room S-126 of the United States Capitol as the ``Senator 
Daniel K. Inouye Room'' in recognition of his service to the Senate and 
                    the people of the United States.

Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye served the people of Hawaii for more than 58 
        years as a member of the Territorial House of Representatives, the 
        Territorial Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the 
        United States Senate;
Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye became the first Japanese American to serve in 
        both the United States House of Representatives and the United States 
        Senate;
Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye represented Hawaii in Congress from before the 
        time that Hawaii became a State in 1959 until 2012;
Whereas, during his tenure in the Senate, Senator Daniel K. Inouye served as the 
        President pro tempore, the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, 
        the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
        Appropriations, the first Chairman of the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence, the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, the 
        Chairman of the Democratic Steering Committee, the Chairman of the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Chairman of the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration, the Chairman of the Select 
        Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan 
        Opposition, and the Secretary of the Democratic Conference;
Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye enlisted in the Army after the attacks on Pearl 
        Harbor in 1941 and fought heroically in the Italian theater even after 
        being wounded; and
Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye received a Distinguished Service Cross, a 
        Bronze Star, a Purple Heart with cluster, and 12 other medals and 
        citations before receiving the Medal of Honor from President William J. 
        Clinton in June 2000: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates room S-126 of the United 
States Capitol as the ``Senator Daniel K. Inouye Room'', in recognition 
of his service to the Senate and the people of the United States.
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