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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 455 

Relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Senator from 

the State of Hawaii. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 10, 2018 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. 

INHOFE, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, 

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. 

CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAPO, 

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

Mr. ENZI, Mrs. ERNST, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. FLAKE, 

Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. 

HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. 

HELLER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, 

Mr. JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

LANKFORD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, 

Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PAUL, 

Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. RISCH, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. 

SCOTT, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, 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, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Relative to the death of the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, 

Senator from the State of Hawaii. 


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Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka was first elected to 

Congress in 1976 and served in the House of Representatives for 13 years and in the Senate for 23 years; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka was the first Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served in the 

United States Army during World War II; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka studied education at 

the University of Hawaii using benefits from the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly known as 

the ‘‘G.I. Bill’’) (58 Stat. 284, chapter 268) and became 

a teacher and principal in Hawaii schools; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served as a member 

of a number of Senate committees and as the chairman 

of— 

(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; 

(2) the Committee on Indian Affairs; 

(3) the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 

Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of 

Columbia of the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs; 

(4) the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services; and 

(5) the Subcommittees on National Parks and Mineral Resources Development and Production of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served as the vicechair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach 

Committee; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka enacted legislation 

to provide needed benefits to veterans, to protect working 


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families and consumers, to improve government management and support the Federal workforce, to empower Native Hawaiians and other native peoples, to protect the 

environment and historic sites, to improve infrastructure, 

and to support exploration and research of outer space 

and the oceans of the earth; 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka served with great 

humility, faith, integrity, and love of his family, the State 

of Hawaii, and the United States; and 

Whereas the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka personified the spirit of aloha, and represented and epitomized the people of 

the State of Hawaii: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the Senate— 

3 (A) has heard with profound sorrow and 

4 deep regret the announcement of the death of 

5 the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, Senator from 

6 the State of Hawaii; and 

7 (B) respectfully requests that the Sec8 retary of the Senate communicate this resolu9 tion to the House of Representatives and trans10 mit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 

11 family of the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka; and 

12 (2) when the Senate adjourns on the date of 

13 adoption of this resolution, it stands adjourned as a 

14 further mark of respect to the memory of the de15 ceased Senator. 

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