[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 92 (Monday, July 11, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S7997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 194--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF GAYLORD A. NELSON, 
        FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

  Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
Jeffords, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allard, Mr. Allen, Mr. Baucus, 
Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, 
Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. Burr, Mr. Byrd, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coleman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Cornyn, 
Mr. Corzine, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Dayton, Mr. DeMint, Mr. DeWine, 
Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, 
Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. 
Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, 
Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kyl, Ms. 
Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Martinez, Mr. McCain, Mr. McConnell, 
Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Obama, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Rockefeller, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Stevens, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thune, Mr. Vitter, 
Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

       Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served in the United States Army 
     from 1942-1946;
       Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served as Governor of the State 
     of Wisconsin from 1959-1963;
       Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served the people of Wisconsin 
     with distinction for 18 years in the United States Senate;
       Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served the Senate as Chairman of 
     the Select Committee on Small Business from the Ninety-Third 
     through the Ninety-Sixth Congresses and as Chairman of the 
     Special Committee on Official Conduct in the Ninety-Fifth 
     Congress;
       Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson received the Presidential Medal 
     of Freedom in 1995;
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Gaylord A. Nelson, former member 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.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
     Honorable Gaylord A. Nelson.

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