[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S33]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

                                 ______
                                 

 SENATE RESOLUTION 343--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF DALE BUMPERS, FORMER 
            UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

  Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Reid of 
Nevada, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, 
Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, 
Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, 
Mr. Franken, Mr. Gardner, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, 
Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Heller, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Hoeven, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. 
Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Markey, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Nelson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed of 
Rhode Island, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott, Mr. Sessions, 
Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Warner, Ms. 
Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 343

       Whereas Dale Bumpers was born in Franklin County, Arkansas, 
     attended the public schools of Arkansas, and the University 
     of Arkansas;
       Whereas Dale Bumpers was admitted to the Arkansas bar in 
     1952 and commenced practice in Charleston, Arkansas, where he 
     was born, and where he proudly proclaimed he was the best 
     lawyer in a one-lawyer town;
       Whereas Dale Bumpers served in the United States Marine 
     Corps during World War II;
       Whereas Dale Bumpers served his beloved State of Arkansas 
     as Special Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1968, and 
     the Governor of Arkansas from 1970 to 1974;
       Whereas Dale Bumpers was first elected to the United States 
     Senate in 1974 and served four terms as a Senator from the 
     State of Arkansas with honor and distinction;
       Whereas Dale Bumpers served the Senate as Chairman of the 
     Committee on Small Business in the One Hundredth through One 
     Hundred Third Congresses;
       Whereas Dale Bumpers is remembered fondly in the Senate for 
     his story-telling style of oratory and his use of the full 
     length of his extended microphone cord, which allowed him to 
     walk up and down the aisles of the Senate chamber as he 
     spoke: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Dale 
     Bumpers, 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 
     late Dale Bumpers.

                          ____________________