[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 19989-19990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE HONORABLE VANCE HARTKE

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 203 submitted earlier 
today by Senators Lugar, Bayh, Frist, Daschle, and others.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by 
title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:


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       A resolution (S. Res. 203)
       Relative to the death of Vance Hartke, former United States 
     Senator for the State of Indiana.
       Whereas Vance Hartke served in the United States Coast 
     Guard and Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1946;
       Whereas Vance Hartke served as mayor of Evansville, Indiana 
     from 1956 to 1958;
       Whereas Vance Hartke served as Chairman of the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs of the United States Senate from the 
     ninety-second Congress through the ninety-fourth Congress; 
     and
       Whereas Vance Hartke served his nation as United States 
     Senator from 1959 to 1977: Now, therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Vance Hartke, former member of the United States 
     Senate.
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
     these resolutions to the House of Representatives and 
     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate recesses or adjourns today, 
     it stand recessed or adjourned as a further mark of respect 
     to the memory of the Honorable Vance Hartke.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I am very pleased to be a cosponsor of 
this resolution. As the distinguished Senator from Alabama noted, this 
was introduced today by the two Senators from Indiana and by the two 
leaders.
  We express our heartfelt condolences to the family of Vance Hartke. I 
was one who admired his work, his leadership. While I did not have the 
opportunity to serve directly with him, his legacy remains today in the 
many ways he affected public policy during his 18 years in the Senate. 
He will be missed. We are grateful for his service.
  Mr. SESSIONS. I join in expressing my sympathies to the family of 
former Senator Vance Hartke. He is known throughout this country and 
served this country with great distinction.
  I ask unanimous consent that the resolution and preamble be agreed to 
en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements appear at the appropriate place in the Record, without 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 203) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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