[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 70 (Thursday, May 19, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S3201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 184, and
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.
The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
A resolution (S. Res. 184) recognizing the life and service
of the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, distinguished former
Senator from the State of Minnesota and former Vice President
of the United States, upon the 100th anniversary of his
birth.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
resolution.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that unless I am
already a cosponsor, I be added as a cosponsor.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.
Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the Sessions amendment which
is at the desk be agreed to, the resolution, as amended, 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
relating to the matter be printed in the Record.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.
The amendment (No. 322) was agreed to as follows:
AMENDMENT NO. 322
On page 4, strike lines 10-14.
The resolution (S. Res. 184), as amended, was agreed to.
The preamble was agreed to.
The resolution, as amended, with its preamble, reads as follows:
S. Res. 184
Whereas Hubert H. Humphrey was born in Wallace, South
Dakota, on May 27, 1911;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey, from his early years, recognized
the importance of public service by becoming a registered
pharmacist and serving his friends and neighbors in the
Humphrey Drug Store in Huron, South Dakota, from 1933 to
1937;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in political science from the University of Minnesota in 1939
and a Masters of Arts degree from Louisiana State University
in 1940, subsequently teaching political science at
Macalester College from 1943 to 1944 and at Macalester
College and the University of Minnesota from 1969 to 1970;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey served in a variety of leadership
positions in Minnesota during World War II, dealing with war
production, employment, and manpower;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey served as Mayor of Minneapolis from
1945 to 1948, and during his tenure as mayor, he drove
organized crime from the city and, among other achievements,
created the Nation's first municipal equal employment
opportunity commission;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey was a driving force behind the
creation of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota
and was a founding member of Americans for Democratic Action
in the aftermath of World War II;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey led forces at the 1948 Democratic
National Convention in Philadelphia in support of the
minority platform plank on civil rights and equal
opportunity, challenging the delegates to ``walk out of the
shadow of States' rights into the bright sunshine of human
rights,'' resulting in the convention's adoption of the
minority plank;
Whereas in 1948, Hubert Humphrey became the first Democrat
from Minnesota elected to the Senate;
Whereas during his total 23 years of service in the Senate
(including service from 1949 to 1964 and service from 1970 to
1978), Hubert Humphrey compiled a record of accomplishment
virtually unmatched in the 20th century, encompassing, among
other issues, civil and human rights, workforce development,
labor rights, health care, arms control and disarmament, the
Peace Corps, small business assistance, education reform,
wilderness preservation, immigration reform, and agriculture;
Whereas his service as floor leader during the Senate's
consideration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was essential
to the eventual passage of the Act in the aftermath of
breaking the filibuster against this historic legislation;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey, although a dedicated leader of the
Democratic Party, always sought bipartisan support for his
legislative goals and routinely shared credit with other
Senators for his legislative victories;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey, as Vice President of the United
States, loyally served President Lyndon Baines Johnson and
successfully carried out a number of domestic and overseas
assignments;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey, as the Democratic Party's nominee
for President of the United States in 1968, waged one of the
most courageous and hard-fought campaigns in the history of
the United States, losing to Richard Nixon by less than 1
percentage point of the popular vote when he started the
campaign some 15 points behind;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey was reelected by the people of
Minnesota (in 1970 and 1976) to 2 additional terms in the
Senate, thereby continuing his extraordinary record of
legislative achievement with passage of such bills as the
Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act;
Whereas Hubert Humphrey, terminally ill with cancer,
pursued his active public life with great courage, fortitude,
and good humor, and in the memorable words of Vice President
Walter F. Mondale at Hubert Humphrey's memorial observance in
the rotunda of the United States Capitol, ``Hubert Humphrey
taught us how to live and he taught us how to die''; and
Whereas the life and service of Hubert Humphrey were
posthumously honored by Congress with the presentation of the
Congressional Gold Medal, and by the President of the United
States with the award of the Medal of Freedom: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) honors the life, achievements, and distinguished career
of Senator and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey upon the
occasion of his 100th birthday;
(2) recognizes that Hubert H. Humphrey's legislative
achievements helped resolve many of this Nation's most
polarizing issues, such as civil rights, equal opportunity,
and nuclear arms control.
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