[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 455 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 455

 Relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Senator from 
                          the State of Hawaii.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2018

 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
   Inhofe, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, 
   Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
  Cassidy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez 
 Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Donnelly, Ms. 
   Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
   Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Gardner, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
    Grassley, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. 
  Heitkamp, Mr. Heller, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
 Johnson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. McCain, 
 Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, 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. Scott, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Smith, 
  Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
    Toomey, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
    Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Senator from 
                          the State of Hawaii.

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka was first elected to Congress in 1976 and 
        served in the House of Representatives for 13 years and in the Senate 
        for 23 years;
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka was the first Senator of Native Hawaiian 
        ancestry;
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served in the United States Army during 
        World War II;
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka studied education at the University of 
        Hawaii using benefits from the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 
        (commonly known as the ``G.I. Bill'') (58 Stat. 284, chapter 268) and 
        became a teacher and principal in Hawaii schools;
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served as a member of a number of Senate 
        committees and as the chairman of--

    (1) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs;

    (2) the Committee on Indian Affairs;

    (3) the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs;

    (4) the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the 
Committee on Armed Services; and

    (5) the Subcommittees on National Parks and Mineral Resources 
Development and Production of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources;

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served as the vice-chair of the Senate 
        Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee;
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka enacted legislation to provide needed 
        benefits to veterans, to protect working families and consumers, to 
        improve government management and support the Federal workforce, to 
        empower Native Hawaiians and other native peoples, to protect the 
        environment and historic sites, to improve infrastructure, and to 
        support exploration and research of outer space and the oceans of the 
        earth;
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served with great humility, faith, 
        integrity, and love of his family, the State of Hawaii, and the United 
        States; and
Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka personified the spirit of aloha, and 
        represented and epitomized the people of the State of Hawaii: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate--
                    (A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret 
                the announcement of the death of the Honorable Daniel 
                K. Akaka, Senator from the State of Hawaii; and
                    (B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
                Senate communicate this resolution to the House of 
                Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy of this 
                resolution to the family of the Honorable Daniel K. 
                Akaka; and
            (2) when the Senate adjourns on the date of adoption of 
        this resolution, it stands adjourned as a further mark of 
        respect to the memory of the deceased Senator.
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