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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 173 

Relative to the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, former United 

States Senator for the State of Indiana. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 29, 2019 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

BROWN, Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENZI, Ms. 

ERNST, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. 

HAWLEY, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, 

Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. 

LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, 

Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. 

RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. 

SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. 

THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. 

WYDEN) 

RESOLUTION 

Relative to the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, 

former United States Senator for the State of Indiana. 


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Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1932 and graduated from Shortridge 

High School in 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana as an 

Eagle Scout and American Legion Boys Nation delegate; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar studied at Denison 

University in Granville, Ohio and at Pembroke College, 

University of Oxford, England as a Rhodes Scholar; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar volunteered for the 

U.S. Navy and served his country as an officer from 

1957–1960, including as an intelligence briefer to the 

Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was elected mayor 

of Indianapolis from 1968–1975 and envisioned the unification of the city with the surrounding Marion County 

areas and brought uninterrupted economic growth; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served on the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners from 1964 to 

1967; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was elected to the 

United States Senate in 1976; reelected in 1982, 1988, 

1994, 2000, and again in 2006, and served from January 

3, 1977, to January 3, 2013; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served as chair of 

the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 

98th Congress; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee from 1995– 

2001 and built bipartisan support for the 1996 federal 

farm program reforms, initiated a biofuels research program, reformed the food stamp program, and preserved 

the federal school lunch program; 


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Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was one of only 

two senators in history to serve 34 years on the Senate 

Foreign Relations Committee, including two terms as 

chairman from 1985 to 1987 and from 2003 to 2007; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was a leader in reducing the threat of nuclear, chemical and biological 

weapons by passing and overseeing the implementation of 

the bipartisan Nunn-Lugar program, which deactivated 

more than 7,600 nuclear warheads, millions of chemical 

munitions, and several thousand nuclear capable missiles, 

and continues to perform non-proliferation missions in 

more than forty countries; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar played an essential 

role in the enactment of sanctions on the Apartheid government of South Africa, the U.S. recognition of President Corazon Aquino as the winner of the 1986 Philippines election, the expansion of the NATO alliance, the 

construction and passage of the PEPFAR initiative to 

combat the global AIDS epidemic, and the ratification of 

numerous arms control and anti-terrorism treaties; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was a fifth generation Hoosier who was the longest serving member of Congress in the history of Indiana; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was awarded the 

Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 20, 2013; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar held 47 honorary 

degrees from colleges and universities, was named Outstanding Legislator by the American Political Science Association, and was the 2005 recipient of the American 

Foreign Service Association Lifetime Contributions to 

American Diplomacy Award and the 2016 recipient of 


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the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding; 

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather; 

Whereas the service of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar on 

behalf of the people of Indiana and all people of the 

United States earned him the respect and devotion of his 

colleagues; and 

Whereas the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar has 

deprived Indiana and the United States of one of the 

most outstanding Senators: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound 

2 sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death 

3 of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, former Senator for 

4 the State of Indiana; and 

5 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate commu6 nicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives 

7 and transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 

8 deceased. 

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