[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




NOTIFICATION OF THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST, CHIEF 
                      JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate a 
communication from the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, the Honorable Antonin Scalia, notifying the Senate of 
the death of the Chief Justice of the United States, the late Honorable 
William H. Rehnquist.
  The message is as follows:

                           Supreme Court of the United States,

                                Washington, DC, September 6, 2005.
     Hon. Richard B. Cheney,
     President, U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. President: This is to notify the Senate, through 
     you, that the Chief Justice of the United States died in 
     Arlington, Virginia on Saturday, September 3, 2005.
           Very truly yours,
                                                   Antonin Scalia,
     Associate Justice.

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