[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17280-17281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE DANIEL KEN INOUYE, SENATOR FROM 
                          THE STATE OF HAWAII

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 624 submitted earlier 
today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 624) relative to the death of the 
     Honorable Daniel Ken Inouye, Senator from the State of 
     Hawaii.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. MENENDEZ. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements 
relating to the measure be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered
  The resolution (S. Res. 624) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 624

       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye served the people of the 
     State of Hawaii for over 58 years in the Territorial House of 
     Representatives, the Territorial Senate, the United States 
     House of Representatives, and the United States Senate;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye became the first Japanese 
     American to serve in both the United States House of 
     Representatives and the United States Senate;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye represented the State of 
     Hawaii in Congress from before the time that Hawaii became a 
     State in 1959 until 2012;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye served as the President 
     Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, Chairman of the 
     Committee on Appropriations, Chairman of the Subcommittee on 
     Defense, the first Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, 
     Chairman of the Democratic Steering Committee, Chairman of 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
     Chairman of the Rules Committee, Chairman of the Senate 
     Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and 
     the Nicaraguan Opposition, and Secretary of the Democratic 
     Conference;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye delivered the keynote 
     address at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in 
     Chicago, Illinois, in which he expressed a vision for a more 
     inclusionary Nation and famously declared ``this is our 
     country'';
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye served as a medical 
     volunteer at the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, and 
     volunteered to be part of the all Nisei 442nd Regimental 
     Combat Team during World War II at a time when Japanese 
     Americans were being systematically discriminated against by 
     the Nation he volunteered to defend;
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye was wounded in battle and 
     honorably discharged

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     as a Captain with a Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, 
     Purple Heart with cluster, and 12 other medals and citations; 
     and
       Whereas Senator Daniel K. Inouye was awarded the Medal of 
     Honor by President William J. Clinton in June 2000, along 
     with 21 other Asian-American veterans of World War II for 
     their actions during the war: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
     regret of the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, 
     Senator from the State of Hawaii;
       (2) the Secretary of the Senate shall transmit this 
     resolution to the House of Representatives and transmit an 
     enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased; and
       (3) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
     further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased 
     Senator.

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