[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24916]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Ms. Curtis, one of its clerks, announced 
that the Senate agreed to the following resolution:

                              S. Res. 300

       In the Senate of the United States, November 3, 2005.
       Whereas Henry Ku'ualoha Giugni was born on January 11, 
     1925, in Honolulu, Hawai'i;
       Whereas Henry Giugni served with distinction in the United 
     States Army, after enlisting at the age of 16 after the 
     attacks on Pearl Harbor, and served in combat at the Battle 
     of Guadalcanal during World War II;
       Whereas Henry Giugni began his service in the Senate in 
     1963 as Senior Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff to 
     Senator Daniel K. Inouye;
       Whereas Henry Giugni served as Sergeant-at-Arms from 1987 
     until 1990;
       Whereas Henry Giugni was the first person of color and 
     first Polynesian to be appointed to be the Sergeant-at-Arms;
       Whereas Henry Giugni promoted minorities and women by 
     appointing the first minority, an African American, to lead 
     the Sergeant-at-Arms' Service Department, and was the first 
     to assign women to the Capitol Police plain-clothes unit;
       Whereas Henry Giugni's special interest in people with 
     disabilities resulted in a major expansion of the Special 
     Services Office, which now conducts tours of the U.S. Capitol 
     for the blind, deaf, and wheelchair-bound, and publishes 
     Senate maps and documents in Braille;
       Whereas in 2003, Henry Giugni received an Honorary 
     Doctorate of Humane Letters for the University of Hawai'i at 
     Hilo in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to 
     Hawai'i and the Nation;
       Whereas Henry Giugni carried Hawai'i's flag while marching 
     with Dr. Martin Luther King for civil rights in Selma, 
     Alabama;
       Whereas Henry Giugni presided over the inauguration of 
     President George H.W. Bush, and escorted numerous foreign 
     dignitaries, including Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, and 
     Vaclav Havel when they visited the United States Capitol; and
       Whereas on November 3, 2005, Henry Giugni passed away at 
     the age of 80; Now therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of Henry 
     Giugni.
       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 adjourns today, it stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of Henry 
     Giugni.

  The message also announced that pursuant to section 1928a-1928d of 
title 22, United States Code, as amended, the Chair on behalf of the 
Vice President, appoints the following Senators to the Senate 
Delegation to the Nato Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark, 
November 11-14, 2005, during the One Hundred Ninth Congress:
  The Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott).
  The Senator from Colorado (Mr. Allard)
  The Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
  The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning).
  The Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 107-273, the 
Chair, on behalf of the Majority Leader, announces the appointment of 
the following individual to serve as a member of the Antitrust 
Modernization Commission:
  Makan Delrahim of the District of Columbia.

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