[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 364 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 364

Relative to the death of Marlow Cook, former United States Senator for 
                     the Commonwealth of Kentucky.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2016

  Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Paul, Mr. Alexander, 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. Corker, 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. 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 Marlow Cook, former United States Senator for 
                     the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Whereas Marlow Cook was born in New York in 1926;
Whereas during World War II, Marlow Cook entered the United States Navy at age 
        seventeen and served in the submarine service in the Atlantic and 
        Pacific Oceans;
Whereas Marlow Cook graduated from University of Louisville Law School in 1950, 
        was admitted to the Kentucky bar and practiced law in Louisville, 
        Kentucky;
Whereas Marlow Cook was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1957 
        in which he served two terms and was elected as a Jefferson County judge 
        in 1961 and reelected in 1965;
Whereas Marlow Cook as Jefferson County judge purchased and refurbished the boat 
        known today as the Belle of Louisville, an essential element of the 
        famed annual Kentucky Derby Festival;
Whereas Marlow Cook was first elected to the United States Senate in 1968 and 
        served as a Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky until 1974;
Whereas Marlow Cook was the first Roman Catholic elected to major statewide 
        office in the Commonwealth of Kentucky;
Whereas Marlow Cook was known for his integrity, humility and dedication to 
        public service: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profund sorrow and deep 
regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Marlow Cook, 
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 Marlow 
Cook.
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