[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 161 (Thursday, December 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S13681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE RESOLUTION 334--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF WILLIAM PROXMIRE, 
        FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

  Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Feingold, 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. Jeffords, 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:

                              S. Res. 334

       Whereas William Proxmire served in the Military 
     Intelligence Service of the United States Army from 1941 to 
     1946;
       Whereas William Proxmire served the people of Wisconsin 
     with distinction from 1957 to 1989 in the United States 
     Senate;
       Whereas William Proxmire served the Senate as Chairman of 
     the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in the 
     ninety-fourth to ninety-sixth and one hundredth Congresses;
       Whereas William Proxmire held the longest unbroken record 
     for rollcall votes in the Senate;
       Whereas William Proxmire tirelessly fought government 
     waste, issuing monthly ``Golden Fleece'' awards beginning in 
     1975 for the ``biggest or most ridiculous or most ironic 
     example of government waste;''
       Whereas William Proxmire worked endlessly to eradicate the 
     world of genocide, culminating in the ratification by the 
     Senate of an international treaty outlawing genocide;
       Revolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable William Proxmire, 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 William Proxmire.

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