[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S979-S980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES OF THE SENATE ON THE DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE 
                              FRANK TEJEDA

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 49 
submitted earlier today by Senators Hutchison and Gramm.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 49) expressing condolences of the 
     Senate on the death of Representative Frank Tejeda.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the resolution 
appear at this point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 49) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follow:

                               S. Res. 49

       Whereas the Senate has learned with profound sorrow and 
     deep regret of the passing of our colleague, the Honorable 
     Frank Tejeda;
       Whereas Representative Tejeda has spent 4 years in the 
     House of Representatives;
       Whereas Representative Tejeda served his country honorably 
     in the United States Marine Corps from 1963 to 1967; and
       Whereas Representative Tejeda was awarded the Purple Heart, 
     the Silver Star, the Commandant's trophy, the Marine Corps 
     Association Award, and the Colonel Phil Yeckel Award for 
     ``the best combined record in leadership, academics, and 
     physical fitness'': Now, therefore, be it

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       Resolved, That--
       (1) when the Senate adjourns today, it adjourn as a further 
     mark of admiration and respect to the memory of our departed 
     friend and colleague, who left his mark on Texas and our 
     Nation; and
       (2) the Senate extends to his family our thoughts and 
     prayers during this difficult time.
       Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall communicate this 
     resolution to the House of Representatives, and shall 
     transmit an enrolled copy to the family of Representative 
     Frank Tejeda.

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