[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19610-19611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE 
                             UNITED STATES

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to a vote on the resolution honoring the life of Chief Justice 
William Rehnquist, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 234), relative to the death of 
     William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States.

  Mr. HATCH, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the resolution. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), the Senator from Louisiana 
(Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) 
are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 222 Leg.]

                                YEAS--95

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Burr
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     Dayton
     DeMint
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Frist
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     Martinez
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Obama
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Salazar
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Thune
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Biden
     Corzine
     Landrieu
     Rockefeller
     Vitter
  The resolution (S. Res. 234) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 234

       Whereas William H. Rehnquist, the late Chief Justice of the 
     United States, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to William 
     Benjamin Rehnquist and Margery Peck Rehnquist and raised in 
     Shorewood, Wisconsin;
       Whereas a young William H. Rehnquist served our Nation 
     during the Second World War in the United States Army Air 
     Force at home and abroad from 1943 to 1946;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist enrolled in Stanford 
     University, where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree 
     in political science and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist earned a second master's 
     degree in government from Harvard University;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist graduated first in a very 
     impressive class, including his future Supreme Court 
     colleague, Sandra Day O'Connor, from Stanford University's 
     School of Law;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist began his legal career by 
     serving as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Robert 
     Jackson;

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       Whereas William H. Rehnquist married the late Natalie 
     Cornell, and they raised 3 children, James, Janet, and Nancy;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist was an accomplished attorney, 
     having practiced law for 16 years in Phoenix, Arizona;
       Whereas President Richard Nixon selected William H. 
     Rehnquist to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the 
     Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice;
       Whereas President Richard Nixon also nominated William H. 
     Rehnquist to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme 
     Court of the United States;
       Whereas President Ronald Reagan nominated William H. 
     Rehnquist to serve as the sixteenth Chief Justice of the 
     United States;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist had a profound love for 
     history and respect for the arts and served as Chancellor of 
     the Smithsonian Institution for 19 years;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist was a skilled writer and avid 
     historian and authored several books on Supreme Court history 
     and the American legal system;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist was a man of enormous 
     intellect and great common sense, a combination that was 
     reflected in the clarity of his opinions;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist's record illustrates his 
     unwavering commitment to judicial restraint, judicial 
     independence, and the rule of law;
       Whereas, under his firm leadership and superb managerial 
     skills, William H. Rehnquist efficiently managed the Supreme 
     Court of the United States for 19 years;
       Whereas leaders of both political parties agree that 
     William H. Rehnquist served with honor and integrity in his 
     role as the second Chief Justice of the United States to 
     preside over a presidential impeachment trial, respecting the 
     institutional domain of the Senate and its processes, 
     procedures, and traditions;
       Whereas, as the leader of the Supreme Court, William H. 
     Rehnquist was highly regarded by all of his colleagues, 
     including those with differing judicial philosophies;
       Whereas his former colleagues have described William H. 
     Rehnquist as a ``splendid administrator'', ``the most 
     efficient manager'', ``a great Chief Justice'', 
     ``meticulously fair'', and the ``most all-around successful'' 
     Chief Justice;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist served with distinction on the 
     Supreme Court of the United States for over 14 years as an 
     Associate Justice and 19 years as the Chief Justice, more 
     than 33 years in all;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist was the fourth longest serving 
     Chief Justice of the United States;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist was 1 of our Nation's most 
     influential and memorable Chief Justices;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist was the embodiment of the 
     ideal qualities of a judge, fair, impartial, open minded, and 
     above all committed to the Constitution and the rule of law;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist will be remembered as 1 of the 
     greatest Chief Justices of the United States;
       Whereas William H. Rehnquist passed away on September 3, 
     2005, surrounded by his loving family; and
       Whereas our Nation is deeply indebted to William H. 
     Rehnquist, a truly distinguished American: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family and 
     friends of William H. Rehnquist;
       (2) acknowledges William H. Rehnquist's life-long service 
     to the United States of America as a World War II veteran, a 
     talented attorney, a dedicated public servant, a brilliant 
     jurist, and one of our Nation's greatest Chief Justices; and
       (3) commends William H. Rehnquist for his 33 year tenure on 
     the Supreme Court of the United States and his many 
     accomplishments as Chief Justice of the United States.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the time until 1:30 be equally 
divided, and at 1:30 the Senate stand in recess until 3:30 today as a 
further mark of respect to Chief Justice Rehnquist, provided further 
that when the Senate reconvenes at 3:30 there be a period for morning 
business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Massachusetts.

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