[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 13, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE RESOLUTION 76--DESIGNATING ROOM S-126 OF THE UNITED STATES 
CAPITOL AS THE ``SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE ROOM'' IN RECOGNITION OF HIS 
       SERVICE TO THE SENATE AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 76

       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye served the people of 
     Hawaii for more than 58 years as a member of the Territorial 
     House of Representatives, the Territorial Senate, the United 
     States House of Representatives, and the United States 
     Senate;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye became the first Japanese 
     American to serve in both the United States House of 
     Representatives and the United States Senate;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye represented Hawaii in 
     Congress from before the time that Hawaii became a State in 
     1959 until 2012;
       Whereas, during his tenure in the Senate, Senator Daniel K. 
     Inouye served as the President pro tempore, the Chairman of 
     the Committee on Appropriations, the Chairman of the 
     Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations, 
     the first Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
     the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Chairman 
     of the Democratic Steering Committee, the Chairman of the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the 
     Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, the 
     Chairman of the Select Committee on Secret Military 
     Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, and the 
     Secretary of the Democratic Conference;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye enlisted in the Army after 
     the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and fought heroically in 
     the Italian theater even after being wounded; and
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye received a Distinguished 
     Service Cross, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart with cluster, 
     and 12 other medals and citations before receiving the Medal 
     of Honor from President William J. Clinton in June 2000: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate designates room S-126 of the 
     United States Capitol as the ``Senator Daniel K. Inouye 
     Room'', in recognition of his service to the Senate and the 
     people of the United States.

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