[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN MEMORY OF FORMER SENATOR CHARLES McCURDY (``MAC'') MATHIAS, JR.

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 397 submitted earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 397) relative to the death of Charles 
     McCurdy (``Mac'') Mathias, Jr., former United States Senator 
     for the State of Maryland.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related 
to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 397) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 397

       Whereas Mac Mathias served in the United States Navy during 
     World War II from 1942-1946 and was a captain in the Naval 
     Reserve;
       Whereas Mac Mathias served the state of Maryland as an 
     assistant attorney general, a city attorney, a member of the 
     Maryland House of Delegates, and as a member of the United 
     States House of Representatives;
       Whereas Mac Mathias was called the ``conscience of the 
     Senate'' by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield;
       Whereas Mac Mathias served the Senate as Chairman of the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration in the Ninety-seventh 
     through Ninety-ninth Congresses and co-chairman of the Joint 
     Committee on Printing in the Ninety-seventh and Ninety-ninth 
     Congresses; and
       Whereas Mac Mathias served the people of Maryland with 
     distinction for 18 years in the United States Senate; Now 
     therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., 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 Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.

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