[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ULYSSES S. GRANT IN COMMEMORATION OF
HIS 200TH BIRTHDAY
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Con. Res. 36.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent
resolution by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 36) honoring the life
and legacy of Ulysses S. Grant in commemoration of his 200th
Birthday.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the
concurrent resolution.
Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider
be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action
or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 36) was agreed to.
The preamble was agreed to.
(The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's
Record under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I am just going to say a word about this
resolution.
Ulysses Grant was an amazing human being. I became acquainted with
him when I read the biography of Ulysses Grant written by Mr. Chernow,
a Brooklyn resident, who was very eager for us to pass this. One of his
crusades in life was to undo the smears against Ulysses Grant, often
perpetrated by southern historians after we won the Civil War for the
Union. And I commend to everybody Mr. Chernow's book. It is an amazing
book.
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