[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 606. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 5__. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE HONORABLE AND DISTINGUISHED 
                   SERVICE OF GENERAL JOSEPH F. DUNFORD, UNITED 
                   STATES MARINE CORPS, TO THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) General Joseph F. Dunford was commissioned as a second 
     lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in 1977.
       (2) Since 1977, General Dunford has served as an infantry 
     officer at all levels and has held numerous leadership roles, 
     including Commander of the 5th Marine Regiment during 
     Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Commander of the International 
     Security Assistance Force and United States Forces-
     Afghanistan, and Commander, Marine Forces United States 
     Central Command.
       (3) General Dunford served as the 32nd Assistant Commandant 
     of the Marine Corps from October 23, 2010, to December 15, 
     2012.
       (4) General Dunford subsequently served as the 36th 
     Commandant of the Marine Corps from October 17, 2014, to 
     September 24, 2015.
       (5) General Dunford became the highest-ranking military 
     officer in the United States when he was appointed as the 
     19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 
     2015.
       (6) General Dunford is only the second United States Marine 
     to hold the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff.
       (7) During his nearly four years as Chairman of the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff, General Dunford effectively and honorably 
     executed the duties of the office to the highest degree.
       (8) General Dunford has an extensive record of impeccable 
     service to the United States.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the United States deeply appreciates the decades of 
     honorable service of General Joseph F. Dunford; and
       (2) the indispensable leadership of General Dunford and his 
     dedication to the men and women of the Armed Forces 
     demonstrates the finest example of service to the United 
     States.
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