[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 640 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 640

 Recognizing the death of John Glenn, former Senator for the State of 
   Ohio and the first individual from the United States to orbit the 
                                 Earth.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 10 (legislative day, December 9), 2016

   Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
   Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Boxer, 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. Paul, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Peters, 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


 
 Recognizing the death of John Glenn, former Senator for the State of 
   Ohio and the first individual from the United States to orbit the 
                                 Earth.

Whereas John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1921 to John Herschel Glenn, 
        Sr. and Clara Sproat Glenn;
Whereas, at 2 years of age, John Glenn moved to New Concord, Ohio, the town 
        where he met his childhood sweetheart and future wife;
Whereas, in March 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, John 
        Glenn, who was a student at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, at 
        the time of the attack, entered the Naval Aviation Cadet program;
Whereas John Glenn served in the Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, during which 
        time John Glenn--

    (1) flew 59 combat missions in World War II and 63 combat missions in 
Korea; and

    (2) for his service, earned 6 separate Distinguished Flying Cross 
awards and the Air Medal with 18 clusters;

Whereas, in 1959, John Glenn was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space 
        Administration to serve as 1 of the original 7 astronauts of the space 
        program of the United States;
Whereas, on February 20, 1962, John Glenn guided Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 
        into space and circled the globe 3 times, traveling a distance of 
        3,600,000 miles and becoming the first individual from the United States 
        to orbit the Earth;
Whereas, in 1974, John Glenn arrived in the Senate, where he represented his 
        home State of Ohio for 25 years before retiring in 1999;
Whereas, during his time in the Senate, John Glenn served on the Committee on 
        Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
        on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Special 
        Committee on Aging;
Whereas, as Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, John Glenn worked 
        on a bipartisan basis to eliminate waste and make the Federal Government 
        more efficient;
Whereas, in 1998, as a 77-year old sitting Senator, John Glenn boarded the space 
        shuttle Discovery for 9 days, again setting history as the oldest 
        individual to fly in space;
Whereas, in 2008, Ohio State University founded the John Glenn School of Public 
        Affairs, which, in 2015, became the John Glenn College of Public 
        Affairs, with the mission to ``inspire citizenship and develop 
        leadership'' in the public sector;
Whereas John Glenn was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on November 16, 
        2011;
Whereas John Glenn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, 
        2012;
Whereas 1 author described John Glenn as ``the last true national hero America 
        has ever had'';
Whereas John Glenn is survived by his wife of 73 years, his 2 children, and his 
        2 grandsons; and
Whereas the United States is deeply indebted to John Glenn for his passion for 
        exploration, commitment to public service, and desire to make the world 
        a better place: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate--
                    (A) extends its deepest condolences and gratitude 
                to the family of John Glenn; and
                    (B) honors the legacy and life of John Glenn, his 
                commitment to the United States, and his service to the 
                Senate and the United States; and
            (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands adjourned as 
        a further mark of respect to the memory of the late John Glenn.
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