[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 593 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 593

 Relating to the death of Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., former United States 
                   Senator for the State of Arkansas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2022

 Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Schumer, Mr. McConnell, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
 Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Braun, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. 
 Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, 
  Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, 
 Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, 
Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, 
   Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, Mr. 
   Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
  Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
  Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of 
 South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, 
 Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, 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


 
 Relating to the death of Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., former United States 
                   Senator for the State of Arkansas.

Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., was born in Newport, Arkansas, attended the 
        public schools of Arkansas, and then attended Princeton University, 
        Southern Methodist University, Boston University, and the University of 
        Arkansas School of Law;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., served as a pastor at the Acushnet Wesley 
        Methodist Church and the Long Plain United Methodist Church in 
        Massachusetts in 1963, and served as a chaplain at Rikers Island 
        Correctional Institution in New York City in 1964;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., returned to Arkansas in 1964 to attend the 
        University of Arkansas School of Law, where he was named editor-in-chief 
        of the Arkansas Law Review;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., joined his father and brother in Newport, 
        Arkansas at the Hodges, Hodges, and Hodges law firm;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., served his beloved State of Arkansas as the 
        Newport City Attorney and the Jackson County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney 
        from 1967 to 1974, was appointed as legislative secretary to Governor 
        Pryor in 1975, was instrumental in forming the Arkansas Natural Heritage 
        Commission and served as chairman from 1974 to 1975, and served as a 
        member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission from 1976 to 1977;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., was appointed to serve as a United States Senator 
        for the State of Arkansas by Governor Pryor in 1977 for the remainder of 
        the term of the late United States Senator John L. McClellan;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., served the State of Arkansas while in the Senate 
        through his work on the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
        Forestry and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
        Senate;
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., was known by his colleagues in the Senate for his 
        humility, diligence, and cooperation; and
Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., returned to Arkansas at the end of his Senate 
        appointment and continued his career in public service by serving as a 
        trustee of Arkansas College, now Lyon College, as a trustee and past 
        chairman at the University of Arkansas, as a trustee of Arkansas State 
        University Newport Campus, and as president of the Arkansas State 
        University-Newport Charitable Foundation: 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 
                Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., former member of the Senate;
                    (B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
                Senate--
                            (i) communicate this resolution to the 
                        House of Representatives; and
                            (ii) transmit an enrolled copy thereof to 
                        the family of Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.; and
            (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
        further mark of respect to the memory of the late Kaneaster 
        Hodges, Jr.
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