[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 803 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 803

   Designating room S-124 of the United States Capitol as the ``U.S. 
 Senator Margaret Chase Smith Room'' and designating room S-115 of the 
United States Capitol as the ``U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room'', 
  in recognition of their service to the Senate and the people of the 
                             United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2020

   Mr. Blunt (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, Mr. 
 Cardin, and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted the following resolution; which 
                      was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Designating room S-124 of the United States Capitol as the ``U.S. 
 Senator Margaret Chase Smith Room'' and designating room S-115 of the 
United States Capitol as the ``U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room'', 
  in recognition of their service to the Senate and the people of the 
                             United States.

Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith served the people of Maine for more than 32 
        years as a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate;
Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to serve in both the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate;
Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith served as Chair of the Republican 
        Conference, the first woman to hold a leadership position in the Senate;
Whereas, during her tenure in the Senate, Senator Margaret Chase Smith served 
        as--

    (1) the first woman Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services, 
the first woman Ranking Member of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space 
Sciences, and the Chair of the Committee on Rates and Compensation of 
Certain Officers and Employees of the Senate; and

    (2) a member of the Committee on District of Columbia, the Committee on 
Expenditures in the Executive Departments (renamed the Committee on 
Government Operations in 1952), the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Joint Congressional Committee on 
Inaugural Ceremonies;

Whereas, on June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith spoke out against 
        McCarthyism in the Senate Chamber, becoming one of the first Senators to 
        do so, with her ``Declaration of Conscience'' speech;
Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith championed legislation and policies for 
        women in the military throughout her Senate career and served as a role 
        model to countless women seeking elective office and careers in public 
        service;
Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served the people of Maryland for more than 
        45 years as a member of the Baltimore City Council, the House of 
        Representatives, and the Senate;
Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served the longest tenure of all women in 
        Congress to date;
Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served as Democratic Conference Secretary, 
        the first woman to hold a Democratic leadership position in the Senate;
Whereas, during her tenure in the Senate, Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served 
        as--

    (1) the first Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, and 
the first Vice Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations; and

    (2) a member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
(formerly the Committee on Labor and Human Resources) and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship;

Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski championed policy on higher education, pay 
        equality, space, technology, justice, Alzheimer's research, and maritime 
        issues and sponsored legislation to improve women's health, including 
        the creation of the Office of Research on Women's Health of the National 
        Institutes of Health; and
Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski mentored other female Senators as the Dean 
        of the Women Senators and fostered bipartisan cooperation and friendship 
        amongst the women of the Senate: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That, in recognition of the service of Senator Margaret 
Chase Smith and Senator Barbara A. Mikulski to the Senate and the 
people of the United States, the Senate designates--
            (1) room S-124 of the United States Capitol as the ``U.S. 
        Senator Margaret Chase Smith Room''; and
            (2) room S-115 of the United States Capitol as the ``U.S. 
        Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room''.
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