[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    SENATE RESOLUTION 157--RELATIVE TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOHN F. 
      KENNEDY, JR., CAROLYN BESSETTE KENNEDY, AND LAUREN BESSETTE

  Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Allard, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. 
Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bryan, 
Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Chafee, Mr. 
Cleland, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Fitzgerald, Mr. Frist, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Graham, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Grams, 
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, 
Mr. Hollings, Mr. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, 
Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
McConnell, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Nickles, Mr. Reed, Mr. Reid, Mr. Robb, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, 
Mr. Roth, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Shelby, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. 
Torricelli, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Wyden) 
submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 157

       Whereas it is with profound sorrow and regret that the 
     Senate has learned that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., his 
     wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren Bessette 
     have been missing since the early morning hours of Saturday, 
     July 17, 1999;
       Whereas John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., is the son of the 
     late John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the 
     United States of America and Senator from Massachusetts, and 
     nephew of the late Senator Robert Francis Kennedy of New 
     York, and of Senator Edward Moore Kennedy of Massachusetts, 
     and a beloved member of the Kennedy family, which has given 
     countless years of service to this country; and
       Whereas the heart of the Nation goes out to the Kennedy and 
     Bessette families as search efforts continue in the waters 
     off Martha's Vineyard: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate, when it adjourns on Monday, July 
     19, 1999, do so as a further mark of respect for the grieving 
     families, and directs the Secretary to transmit a copy of 
     this resolution to the Kennedy and Bessette families.

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