[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 134 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5221]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 333--RELATING TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE CARL 
            LEVIN, FORMER SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

  Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Schumer, Mr. McConnell, 
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, 
Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. 
Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, 
Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Manchin, 
Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, 
Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of Florida, 
Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Sinema, Ms. 
Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. 
Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 333

       Whereas Carl Levin was born on June 28, 1934, in Detroit, 
     Michigan, and attended Detroit public schools;
       Whereas, in 1956, Carl Levin earned his undergraduate 
     degree in political science from Swarthmore College in 
     Swarthmore, Pennsylvania;
       Whereas, in 1959, Carl Levin--
       (1) graduated from Harvard Law School;
       (2) was admitted to the State Bar in Michigan; and
       (3) began practicing law in Detroit;

       Whereas, in 1961, Carl Levin married Barbara Halpern, who 
     raised 3 daughters together: Kate, Laura, and Erica;
       Whereas Carl Levin was the proud grandfather of 6 
     grandchildren;
       Whereas, in 1964, Carl Levin began his more than 50 years 
     in public service as a tireless advocate for the people of 
     Michigan, including serving as--
       (1) the Assistant Attorney General and General Counsel for 
     the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1964 to 1967;
       (2) Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of 
     Michigan and Chief Appellate Defender for the City of Detroit 
     from 1968 to 1969;
       (3) a member of the Detroit City Council from 1969 to 1973 
     and as president of the Detroit City Council from 1975 to 
     1977; and
       (4) a Senator from 1979 to 2015, serving the people of the 
     State of Michigan in the United States Senate for 36 years;
       Whereas Carl Levin served on--
       (1) the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, and Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
     of the Senate; and
       (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
       Whereas Carl Levin was a leader on military and national 
     security issues during his time in the Senate, serving as the 
     Chair of the Committee on Armed Services from 2001 to 2003 
     and from 2007 to 2015, during which he--
       (1) led countless annual bipartisan defense authorization 
     bills through the Senate;
       (2) fought to eliminate fraud and waste in the Department 
     of Defense; and
       (3) was a tireless champion for service members and their 
     families;
       Whereas Carl Levin was a firm believer in government 
     oversight, serving as the chair of the Permanent Subcommittee 
     on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate from 2001 to 2002 and from 
     2007 to 2015, during which he--
       (1) led dozens of major investigations to protect families 
     in the United States from abusive credit card practices;
       (2) took on major corporations and financial institutions 
     who were gaming the system at the expense of hardworking 
     taxpayers; and
       (3) held bad actors accountable for their wrongdoing;
       Whereas the family of Carl Levin is one that is devoted to 
     public service, including--one
       (1) his older brother, Sander Levin, who served in Congress 
     with Carl Levin and who represented Michigan in the House of 
     Representatives from 1983 to 2019; and
       (2) his nephew, Andy Levin, who is, as of the date of 
     adoption of this resolution, representing Michigan's 9th 
     congressional district in the House of Representatives;
       Whereas Carl Levin was--
       (1) the longest-serving Senator in the history of the State 
     of Michigan; and
       (2) the longest-serving Jewish Senator in the history of 
     the United States;
       Whereas the USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120), a Navy Arleigh 
     Burke-class destroyer, was named in honor of Carl Levin;
       Whereas, following his retirement from the Senate, Carl 
     Levin returned to Michigan to work in private practice and 
     help establish the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law 
     School to promote and advance fact-based, bipartisan 
     government oversight; and
       Whereas Carl Levin will be remembered as an honorable and 
     honest public servant, with an endless intellect, work ethic, 
     and integrity, known for achieving collaboration and 
     compromise: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the Senate--
       (A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the 
     announcement of the death of the Honorable Carl Levin, former 
     Senator for the State of Michigan;
       (B) extends heartfelt condolences to the entire family of 
     the Honorable Carl Levin and all those who knew and loved 
     him; and
       (C) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
     Senate--
       (i) communicate this resolution to the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     family of the Honorable Carl Levin; and
       (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
     further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Carl 
     Levin.

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