[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1837-S1838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 565--HONORING AND CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF 
                        REPRESENTATIVE DON YOUNG

  Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, 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, Mr. 
Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, 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, Ms. Stabenow, 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. 565

       Whereas Donald Edwin Young was born on June 9, 1933, to 
     James Young and Nora (Bucy) Young in Meridian, California;
       Whereas Don Young earned an associate degree from Yuba 
     Junior College and a bachelor's degree in teaching from Chico 
     State University;
       Whereas Don Young began what would be decades of service to 
     the United States when he served in the Army as part of the 
     41st Tank Battalion from 1955 to 1957;
       Whereas Don Young moved to Alaska in 1959 and found his 
     true home in the village of Fort Yukon, which is located 7 
     miles above the Arctic Circle;
       Whereas Don Young met and married the first love of his 
     life, Lula ``Lu'' Young, in Fort Yukon;
       Whereas Don Young and Lu had 2 wonderful daughters, Dawn 
     and Joni, and later 14 grandchildren;
       Whereas Don Young taught fifth grade at a school run by the 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs during the winter and worked in 
     construction, mining, fishing, and trapping, and as a tugboat 
     captain in the warmer months;
       Whereas Don Young was elected mayor of Fort Yukon in 1964 
     and served in that role until 1967;
       Whereas Don Young was elected to and served in the Alaska 
     House of Representatives from 1967 to 1970 and the Alaska 
     State Senate from 1970 to 1973;
       Whereas Don Young was elected to the House of 
     Representatives in 1973 in a special election and served 24 
     additional and consecutive terms;
       Whereas Representative Young served as Chairman of the 
     Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives from 1995 to 2001, and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives from 2001 to 2007;
       Whereas Representative Young was a champion for Alaska 
     Native peoples, including as Chairman of the Subcommittee on 
     Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs of the Committee on 
     Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;
       Whereas Representative Young fiercely defended Alaska and 
     Alaskans as the sole Representative for the largest State in 
     the

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     United States and devoted himself to fulfilling the immense 
     promise of his home State;
       Whereas Representative Young was a leader in strengthening 
     the role of Alaska in providing for the national defense of 
     the United States through his support for the Coast Guard, 
     the Alaskan Command, and the ballistic missile defense and 
     his steadfast commitment to the leadership of the United 
     States in the Arctic;
       Whereas Representative Young sponsored at least 85 bills 
     that were enacted into Federal law and sponsored and 
     cosponsored many more measures that were part of broader 
     legislation;
       Whereas legislative achievements by Representative Young 
     span the policy spectrum, from authorizing the construction 
     of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to important amendments 
     and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
     et seq.);
       Whereas Representative Young authored and advocated for 
     generational laws, including the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) in 
     1975, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
     Management Act (Public Law 94-265;90 Stat. 331) in 1976, the 
     National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 
     (Public Law 105-57; 111 Stat. 1252) in 1997, SAFETEA-LU 
     (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) in 2005, Multinational 
     Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007 
     (Public Law 110-132; 121 Stat. 1360) in 2007, and the 
     Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 
     135 Stat. 429) in 2021;
       Whereas Representative Young formed strong relationships 
     and friendships with members on both sides of the aisle and 
     proudly worked with 10 different presidents;
       Whereas Representative Young married his second love, Anne 
     Garland Walton, in 2015, in the United States Capitol;
       Whereas, on December 5, 2017, Representative Young became 
     the 45th Dean of the House of Representatives, reflecting his 
     status as its most senior member;
       Whereas Representative Young was the longest-serving 
     Republican in the history of Congress; and
       Whereas Representative Young ultimately served the 49th 
     State with dedication and distinction for 49 years and 13 
     days, which is more than \3/4\ of the period in which Alaska 
     has been a State: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) mourns the death of Don Young, congressman for all 
     Alaska and the 45th Dean of the House of Representatives;
       (2) honors Representative Young for his lifetime of service 
     to Alaska and the United States, his spirited bipartisanship, 
     and his enduring respect for and devotion to the House of 
     Representatives;
       (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
     Senate--
       (A) communicate this resolution to the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (B) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     family of the Honorable Don Young; and
       (4) at the time that the Senate adjourns or recesses today, 
     the Senate stands adjourned as a further mark of respect to 
     the memory of the Honorable Don Young.

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