[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 343 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 343

Relative to the death of Dale Bumpers, former United States Senator for 
                         the State of Arkansas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 11, 2016

  Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
   Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, 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. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, 
 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 Dale Bumpers, former United States Senator for 
                         the State of Arkansas.

Whereas Dale Bumpers was born in Franklin County, Arkansas, attended the public 
        schools of Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas;
Whereas Dale Bumpers was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 1952 and commenced 
        practice in Charleston, Arkansas, where he was born, and where he 
        proudly proclaimed he was the best lawyer in a one-lawyer town;
Whereas Dale Bumpers served in the United States Marine Corps during World War 
        II;
Whereas Dale Bumpers served his beloved State of Arkansas as Special Justice of 
        the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1968, and the Governor of Arkansas from 
        1970 to 1974;
Whereas Dale Bumpers was first elected to the United States Senate in 1974 and 
        served four terms as a Senator from the State of Arkansas with honor and 
        distinction;
Whereas Dale Bumpers served the Senate as Chairman of the Committee on Small 
        Business in the One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses;
Whereas Dale Bumpers is remembered fondly in the Senate for his story-telling 
        style of oratory and his use of the full length of his extended 
        microphone cord, which allowed him to walk up and down the aisles of the 
        Senate chamber as he spoke: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
regret the announcement of the death of the Dale Bumpers, 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 late Dale Bumpers.
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