[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 62 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2101]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 593--RELATING TO THE DEATH OF KANEASTER HODGES, JR., 
         FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS

  Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Schumer, Mr. McConnell, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
Blunt, Mr. Booker, 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. 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. 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. 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. 593

       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., was born in Newport, 
     Arkansas, attended the public schools of Arkansas, and then 
     attended Princeton University, Southern Methodist University, 
     Boston University, and the University of Arkansas School of 
     Law;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., served as a pastor at the 
     Acushnet Wesley Methodist Church and the Long Plain United 
     Methodist Church in Massachusetts in 1963, and served as a 
     chaplain at Rikers Island Correctional Institution in New 
     York City in 1964;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., returned to Arkansas in 1964 
     to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law, where he 
     was named editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Law Review;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., joined his father and 
     brother in Newport, Arkansas at the Hodges, Hodges, and 
     Hodges law firm;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., served his beloved State of 
     Arkansas as the Newport City Attorney and the Jackson County 
     Deputy Prosecuting Attorney from 1967 to 1974, was appointed 
     as legislative secretary to Governor Pryor in 1975, was 
     instrumental in forming the Arkansas Natural Heritage 
     Commission and served as chairman from 1974 to 1975, and 
     served as a member of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission 
     from 1976 to 1977;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., was appointed to serve as a 
     United States Senator for the State of Arkansas by Governor 
     Pryor in 1977 for the remainder of the term of the late 
     United States Senator John L. McClellan;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., served the State of Arkansas 
     while in the Senate through his work on the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works of the Senate;
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., was known by his colleagues 
     in the Senate for his humility, diligence, and cooperation; 
     and
       Whereas Kaneaster Hodges, Jr., returned to Arkansas at the 
     end of his Senate appointment and continued his career in 
     public service by serving as a trustee of Arkansas College, 
     now Lyon College, as a trustee and past chairman at the 
     University of Arkansas, as a trustee of Arkansas State 
     University Newport Campus, and as president of the Arkansas 
     State University-Newport Charitable Foundation: 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 Kaneaster Hodges, 
     Jr., former member of the Senate;
       (B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
     Senate--
       (i) communicate this resolution to the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of 
     Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.; and
       (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
     further mark of respect to the memory of the late Kaneaster 
     Hodges, Jr.

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