[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S93]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 245--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF DR. FLOYD M. RIDDICK, 
          PARLIAMENTARIAN EMERITUS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE

  Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Akaka, 
Mr. Allard, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, 
Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
Bryan, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. Campbell, Mr. L. Chafee, Mr. 
Cleland, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, 
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, 
Mr. Hollings, Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, 
Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
McConnell, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Nickles, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Robb, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, 
Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. 
Torricelli, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Wyden) 
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 245

       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick served the Senate with honor and 
     distinction as its second Parliamentarian from 1965 to 1975;
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick created the Daily Digest of the 
     Congressional Record and was its first editor from 1947 to 
     1951;
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick was Assistant Senate 
     Parliamentarian from 1951 to 1964;
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick compiled thousands of Senate 
     precedents into the official volume whose current edition 
     bears his name;
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick served the Senate for more than 40 
     years;
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick upon his retirement as Senate 
     Parliamentarian served as a consultant to the Senate 
     Committee on Rules and Administration;
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick performed his Senate duties in an 
     impartial and professional manner; and
       Whereas Floyd M. Riddick was honored by the Senate with the 
     title Parliamentarian Emeritus: Now therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the 
     United States Senate.
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
     these resolutions to the House of Representatives and 
     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.

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