[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3523-S3524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            FRANCIS R. VALEO, FORMER SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 443, which was submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
  A resolution (S. Res. 443) relative to the death of Francis R. Valeo, 
former Secretary of the Senate.
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 443) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 443

       Whereas Francis R. (Frank) Valeo served with distinction as 
     chief of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Legislative 
     Reference Service and specialist in the Far East, before 
     beginning his service to the United States Senate in 1952 on 
     the staff of the Committee on Foreign Relations;
       Whereas Frank Valeo in 1958 became foreign policy advisor 
     and assistant to the Majority Whip, Senator Mike Mansfield, 
     and then served as Majority Secretary from 1963 to 1966;
       Whereas Frank Valeo served as Secretary of the Senate from 
     1966 to 1977;
       Whereas Frank Valeo accompanied many United States Senators 
     on missions to all parts of the globe, assisted the Majority 
     Leader in regularly reporting on conditions in Southeast 
     Asia, and was part of the first congressional delegation to 
     visit the People's Republic of China in 1972;
       Whereas Frank Valeo represented the United States Senate on 
     the Federal Election Commission from 1974 to 1977, and in 
     that role participated in the 1976 landmark Supreme Court 
     decision of Buckley v. Valeo;

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       Whereas Frank Valeo helped to modernize and set 
     professional standards for service in the diverse offices 
     that report to the Secretary of the Senate, and served as a 
     member of the Commission on the Operation of the Senate, from 
     1975 to 1976, where he helped craft its proposals for 
     structural and technological reforms in Senate operations;
       Whereas Frank Valeo faithfully discharged the difficult 
     duties and responsibilities of a wide variety of important 
     and demanding positions in public life with honesty, 
     integrity, loyalty, and humanity; and
       Whereas Frank Valeo's clear understanding and appreciation 
     of the challenges facing the Nation have left his mark on 
     those many areas of public life: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That (a) the Senate has heard with profound 
     sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of Frank 
     Valeo.
        (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall communicate these 
     resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit an 
     enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
       (c) When the Senate adjourns today, it shall stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Frank 
     Valeo.

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