[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 121 (Thursday, August 12, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7000-S7001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 617--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE THEODORE 
     ``TED'' FULTON STEVENS, FORMER SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA

  Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Begich, Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
Inouye, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, 
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown 
of Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
Burr, Mr. Burris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. 
Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Gregg, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Kerry, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. LeMieux, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Pryor, Mr. 
Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Udall of Colorado, 
Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 617

       Whereas Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, who began serving 
     in the Senate 9 years after Alaska was admitted to Statehood, 
     represented the people of the State of Alaska with 
     distinction in the Senate for over 40 years from 1968 to 2009 
     and played a significant role in the transformation of the 
     State of Alaska from an impoverished territory to a full-
     fledged State through the assistance he provided in building 
     energy facilities, hospitals and clinics, roads, docks, 
     airports, water and sewer facilities, schools, and other 
     community facilities in the State of Alaska, which earned him 
     recognition as ``Alaskan of the Century'' from the Alaska 
     Legislature in 2000;

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       Whereas Ted Stevens distinguished himself as a transport 
     pilot during World War II in support of the ``Flying Tigers'' 
     of the United States Army Air Corps, 14th Air Force, earning 
     2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and other decorations for his 
     skill and bravery;
       Whereas Ted Stevens, after serving as a United States 
     Attorney in the territory of Alaska, came to Washington, 
     District of Columbia in 1956 to serve in the Eisenhower 
     Administration in the Department of the Interior, where he 
     was a leading force in securing the legislation that led to 
     the admission of Alaska as the 49th State on January 3, 1959, 
     and then as Solicitor of the Department of the Interior;
       Whereas, in 1961, Ted Stevens returned to the State of 
     Alaska and, in 1964, was elected to the Alaska House of 
     Representatives, where he was subsequently elected as Speaker 
     pro tempore and majority leader until his appointment on 
     December 24, 1968, to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused 
     by the death of Senator E.L. Bartlett;
       Whereas Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator 
     in the history of the Senate, served as President pro tempore 
     of the Senate from 2003 through 2007 and as President pro 
     tempore emeritus from 2008 to 2009, and over the course of 
     his career in the Senate, Ted Stevens served as assistant 
     Republican leader, Chairman of the Select Committee on 
     Ethics, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration, Chairman of the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and 
     Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation;
       Whereas Ted Stevens worked tirelessly for the enactment of 
     the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which provided for 
     the conveyance of approximately 44,000,000 acres of land in 
     the State of Alaska to the Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian peoples 
     and created Native Corporations to secure the long-term 
     economic, cultural, and political empowerment of the Native 
     peoples of the State of Alaska;
       Whereas Ted Stevens was a leader in shaping the 
     communications policies of the United States, as he helped to 
     establish the spectrum auction policy, negotiated the 
     Telecommunications Act of 1996, authored the Digital 
     Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005, and 
     passionately advocated for the connection of rural America to 
     the rest of the world and to improve the lives of the people 
     of the United States through the use of telemedicine and 
     distance learning;
       Whereas Ted Stevens was a conservationist who championed 
     the safe development of the natural resources of the United 
     States, as illustrated by his authorship of the Trans-Alaska 
     Pipeline Authorization Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act, which established the 200-
     mile exclusive economic zone and led to a reduction in the 
     dominance of foreign fishing fleets in the fisheries of the 
     United States, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
     Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, which established 
     conservation measures designed to end overfishing, and the 
     High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act, which provided 
     for the denial of entry into ports of the United States and 
     the imposition of sanctions on vessels carrying out large-
     scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of 
     any nation;
       Whereas Ted Stevens was committed to health and fitness in 
     his personal life and in his legislative accomplishments, as 
     illustrated by his authorship of the Ted Stevens Amateur and 
     Olympic Sports Act, his encouragement of providing equality 
     to female athletes through the enactment of title IX of the 
     Education Amendments of 1972, and his leadership in improving 
     physical education programs in schools through the Carol M. 
     White Physical Education Program;
       Whereas Ted Stevens unconditionally supported the needs of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States through visits to 
     soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and Coast Guardsmen in 
     every major military conflict and war zone where United 
     States military personnel have been assigned during his 
     service in the Senate, including Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, 
     Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and in his role as Chairman 
     and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Defense 
     Appropriations for more than 20 years;
       Whereas Ted Stevens was a devoted husband, father, and 
     grandfather who worked to promote family-friendly policies in 
     the Federal government; and
       Whereas Ted Stevens was well respected for reaching across 
     the aisle to forge bipartisan alliances and enjoyed many 
     close friendships with colleagues in both political parties 
     and with his staff, who were deeply loyal to him: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
     regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable 
     Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, former member of the Senate;
       (2) the Secretary of the Senate communicate this resolution 
     to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy 
     of this resolution to the family of the deceased; and
       (3) when the Senate adjourns today, the Senate stands 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
     Honorable Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens.


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  On pages S7000 and S7001, August 12, 2010, under the heading 
SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS, the following appears: S. Res.617
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: S. Res. 617 
Whereas Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, who began serving in the 
Senate 9 years after Alaska was admitted to Statehood, represented 
the people of the State of Alaska with distinction in the Senate 
for over 40 years from 1968 to 2009 and played a significant role 
in the transformation of the State of Alaska from an impoverished 
territory to a full-fledged State through the assistance he 
provided in building energy facilities, hospitals and clinics, 
roads, docks, airports, water and sewer facilities, schools, and 
other community facilities in the State of Alaska, which earned 
him recognition as ``Alaskan of the Century'' from the Alaska 
Legislature in 2000; Whereas Ted Stevens distinguished himself as 
a transport pilot during World War II in support of the ``Flying 
Tigers'' of the United States Army Air Corps, 14th Air Force, 
earning 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses and other decorations for 
his skill and bravery; Whereas Ted Stevens, after serving as a 
United States Attorney in the territory of Alaska, came to 
Washington, District of Columbia in 1956 to serve in the 
Eisenhower Administration in the Department of the Interior, where 
he was a leading force in securing the legislation that led to the 
admission of Alaska as the 49th State on January 3, 1959, and then 
as Solicitor of the Department of the Interior; Whereas, in 1961, 
Ted Stevens returned to the State of Alaska and, in 1964, was 
elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where he was 
subsequently elected as Speaker pro tempore and majority leader 
until his appointment on December 24, 1968, to the Senate to fill 
the vacancy caused by the death of Senator E.L. Bartlett; Whereas 
Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator in the history 
of the Senate, served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 
2003 through 2007 and as President pro tempore emeritus from 2008 
to 2009, and over the course of his career in the Senate, Ted 
Stevens served as assistant Republican leader, Chairman of the 
Select Committee on Ethics, Chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, 
Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and Chairman of the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Whereas Ted 
Stevens worked tirelessly for the enactment of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, which provided for the conveyance of 
approximately 44,000,000 acres of land in the State of Alaska to 
the Aleut, Eskimo, and Indian peoples and created Native 
Corporations to secure the long-term economic, cultural, and 
political empowerment of the Native peoples of the State of 
Alaska; Whereas Ted Stevens was a leader in shaping the 
communications policies of the United States, as he helped to 
establish the spectrum auction policy, negotiated the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996, authored the Digital Television 
Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005, and passionately 
advocated for the connection of rural America to the rest of the 
world and to improve the lives of the people of the United States 
through the use of telemedicine and distance learning; Whereas Ted 
Stevens was a conservationist who championed the safe development 
of the natural resources of the United States, as illustrated by 
his authorship of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which 
established the 200-mile exclusive economic zone and led to a 
reduction in the dominance of foreign fishing fleets in the 
fisheries of the United States, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, which 
established conservation measures designed to end overfishing, and 
the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act, which provided 
for the denial of entry into ports of the United States and the 
imposition of sanctions on vessels carrying out large-scale 
driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation; 
Whereas Ted Stevens was committed to health and fitness in his 
personal life and in his legislative accomplishments, as 
illustrated by his authorship of the Ted Stevens Amateur and 
Olympic Sports Act, his encouragement of providing equality to 
female athletes through the enactment of title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972, and his leadership in improving physical 
education programs in schools through the Carol M. White Physical 
Education Program; Whereas Ted Stevens unconditionally supported 
the needs of the Armed Forces of the United States through visits 
to soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and Coast Guardsmen in 
every major military conflict and war zone where United States 
military personnel have been assigned during his service in the 
Senate, including Vietnam, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and 
Afghanistan, and in his role as Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations for more than 20 years; 
Whereas Ted Stevens was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather 
who worked to promote family-friendly policies in the Federal 
government; and Whereas Ted Stevens was well respected for 
reaching across the aisle to forge bipartisan alliances and 
enjoyed many close friendships with colleagues in both political 
parties and with his staff, who were deeply loyal to him: Now, 
therefore, be it Resolved, That-- (1) the Senate has heard with 
profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of 
the Honorable Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens, former member of 
the Senate; (2) the Secretary of the Senate communicate this 
resolution to the House of Representatives and transmit an 
enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of the deceased; 
and (3) when the Senate adjourns today, the Senate stands 
adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
Honorable Theodore ``Ted'' Fulton Stevens.


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