[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 309 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 309

Relative to the death of Fred Thompson former United States Senator for 
                        the State of Tennessee.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 5, 2015

 Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Corker, Ms. 
  Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
 Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, 
Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, 
 Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Enzi, 
 Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Franken, Mr. 
  Gardner, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
Heinrich, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Heller, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. McCain, 
Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
 Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Perdue, 
Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, 
Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott, 
Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
 Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
    Warner, Ms. Warren, 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 Fred Thompson former United States Senator for 
                        the State of Tennessee.

Whereas Fred Thompson was born in Alabama in 1942, and grew up in Lawrenceburg, 
        Tennessee;
Whereas Fred Thompson graduated from Memphis State University in 1964 and 
        Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1967, was admitted to the 
        Tennessee bar and served as an assistant U.S. Attorney;
Whereas Fred Thompson was appointed by Senator Howard Baker, Jr., to serve as 
        minority counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973;
Whereas Fred Thompson continued to practice law and in 1977 helped expose 
        government corruption in Tennessee;
Whereas Fred Thompson was first elected to the United States Senate in 1994 and 
        served as a Senator from the State of Tennessee until 2003;
Whereas following his service as Senator, Fred Thompson continued to pursue his 
        acting career, which began in 1985 with the movie ``Marie'' in which he 
        played himself;
Whereas Fred Thompson was known for his integrity, humility and dedication to 
        public service: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Fred Thompson, 
former member of the United States Senate.
    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 Fred 
Thompson.
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