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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 803 

Designating room S–124 of the United States Capitol as the ‘‘U.S. Senator 

Margaret Chase Smith Room’’ and designating room S–115 of the United 

States Capitol as the ‘‘U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room’’, in 

recognition of their service to the Senate and the people of the United 

States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 16, 2020 

Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KING, Mr. 

CARDIN, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating room S–124 of the United States Capitol as 

the ‘‘U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Room’’ and 

designating room S–115 of the United States Capitol 

as the ‘‘U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room’’, in 

recognition of their service to the Senate and the people 

of the United States. 

Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith served the people of 

Maine for more than 32 years as a member of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate; 

Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first 

woman to serve in both the House of Representatives and 

the Senate; 


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Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith served as Chair of 

the Republican Conference, the first woman to hold a 

leadership position in the Senate; 

Whereas, during her tenure in the Senate, Senator Margaret 

Chase Smith served as— 

(1) the first woman Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services, the first woman Ranking 

Member of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space 

Sciences, and the Chair of the Committee on Rates and 

Compensation of Certain Officers and Employees of the 

Senate; and 

(2) a member of the Committee on District of Columbia, the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive 

Departments (renamed the Committee on Government 

Operations in 1952), the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; 

Whereas, on June 1, 1950, Senator Margaret Chase Smith 

spoke out against McCarthyism in the Senate Chamber, 

becoming one of the first Senators to do so, with her 

‘‘Declaration of Conscience’’ speech; 

Whereas Senator Margaret Chase Smith championed legislation and policies for women in the military throughout 

her Senate career and served as a role model to countless 

women seeking elective office and careers in public service; 

Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served the people of 

Maryland for more than 45 years as a member of the 

Baltimore City Council, the House of Representatives, 

and the Senate; 


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Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served the longest tenure of all women in Congress to date; 

Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski served as Democratic 

Conference Secretary, the first woman to hold a Democratic leadership position in the Senate; 

Whereas, during her tenure in the Senate, Senator Barbara 

A. Mikulski served as— 

(1) the first Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations, the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on 

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 

Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, 

and the first Vice Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations; and 

(2) a member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (formerly the Committee on 

Labor and Human Resources) and the Committee on 

Small Business and Entrepreneurship; 

Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski championed policy on 

higher education, pay equality, space, technology, justice, 

Alzheimer’s research, and maritime issues and sponsored 

legislation to improve women’s health, including the creation of the Office of Research on Women’s Health of the 

National Institutes of Health; and 

Whereas Senator Barbara A. Mikulski mentored other female 

Senators as the Dean of the Women Senators and fostered bipartisan cooperation and friendship amongst the 

women of the Senate: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That, in recognition of the service of Sen2 ator Margaret Chase Smith and Senator Barbara A. Mi3 kulski to the Senate and the people of the United States, 

4 the Senate designates— 


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1 (1) room S–124 of the United States Capitol as 

2 the ‘‘U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith Room’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) room S–115 of the United States Capitol as 

5 the ‘‘U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski Room’’. 

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