[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 27963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 354--COMMENDING ROBERT C. BYRD, SENATOR FROM WEST 
                                VIRGINIA

  Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, 
Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr, Mr. Burris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, 
Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Gregg, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, 
Mr. Inouye, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. 
Kerry, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. LeMieux, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of 
Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
Roberts, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, 
Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
agreed to:

                              S. Res. 354

       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served for fifty-six years in 
     the United States Congress, making him the longest serving 
     Member of Congress in history,
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served over fifty years in the 
     United States Senate, and is the longest serving Senator in 
     history, having been elected to nine full terms;
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has had a long and distinguished 
     record of public service to the people of West Virginia and 
     the United States, having held more elective offices than any 
     other individual in the history of West Virginia, and being 
     the only West Virginian to have served in both Houses of the 
     West Virginia Legislature and in both Houses of the United 
     States Congress;
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served in the Senate leadership 
     as President pro tempore, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, 
     Minority Leader, and Secretary of the Majority Conference;
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served on a Senate committee, 
     the Committee on Appropriations, which he has chaired during 
     five Congresses, longer than any other Senator;
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd is the first Senator to have 
     authored a comprehensive history of the United States Senate;
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has throughout his service in the 
     Senate vigilantly defended the Constitutional prerogatives of 
     the Congress;
       Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has played an essential role in the 
     development and enactment of an enormous body of national 
     legislative initiatives and policy over many decades: now, 
     therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and commends Robert C. 
     Byrd, Senator from West Virginia, for his fifty-six years of 
     exemplary service in the Congress of the United States.

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