[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 102 (Monday, July 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S8809]
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 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR., CAROLYN BESSETTE KENNEDY, 
                          AND LAUREN BESSETTE

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate now proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 157, 
submitted earlier today by Senator Lott and Senator Daschle.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 157) relative to the disappearance of 
     John F. Kennedy, Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and Lauren 
     Bessette.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Madam 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 any statement relating to the 
resolution appear at this point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 157) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 157

       Whereas it is with profound sorrow and regret that the 
     Senate has learned that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., his 
     wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette 
     have been missing since the early morning hours of Saturday, 
     July 17, 1999;
       Whereas John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., is the son of the 
     late John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the 
     United States of America and Senator from Massachusetts, a 
     nephew of the late Senator Robert Francis Kennedy of New 
     York, and of Senator Edward Moore Kennedy of Massachusetts, 
     and a beloved member of the Kennedy family, which has given 
     countless years of service to this country; and
       Whereas the heart of the Nation goes out to the Kennedy and 
     Bessette families as search efforts continue in the waters 
     off Martha's Vineyard: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate, when it adjourns on Monday, July 
     19, 1999, do so as a further mark of respect for the grieving 
     families, and directs the Secretary to transmit a copy of 
     this resolution to the Kennedy and Bessette families.

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