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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 298

Designating room S. 131 in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 24, 1996

Mr. BYRD, (for himself, Mr. LOTT, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. AKAKA,

Mr. ASHCROFT, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. BROWN,

Mr. BRYAN, Mr. BUMPERS, Mr. BURNS, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CHAFEE,

Mr. COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. COVERDELL,

Mr. CRAIG, Mr. D’AMATO, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DODD, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr.

DORGAN, Mr. EXON, Mr. FAIRCLOTH, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN,

Mr. FORD, Mrs. FRAHM, Mr. FRIST, Mr. GLENN, Mr. GORTON, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HARKIN,

Mr. HATCH, Mr. HEFLIN, Mr. HELMS, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mrs. HUTCHISON,

Mr. INHOFE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. JOHNSTON, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERREY, Mr. KERRY, Mr.

KOHL, Mr. KYL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.

LIEBERMAN, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. MCCONNELL,

Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. MURKOWSKI,

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. NUNN, Mr. PELL, Mr. PRESSLER, Mr.

PRYOR, Mr. REID, Mr. ROBB, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. ROTH, Mr.

SANTORUM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. SIMON, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr.

SMITH, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THOMAS, Mr.

THOMPSON, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WELLSTONE, and Mr.

WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and

agreed to

RESOLUTION

Designating room S. 131 in the Capitol as the Mark O.

Hatfield Room.
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Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield, the son of Charles Hatfield (a railroad construction blacksmith) and Dovie

Odom Hatfield (a school teacher), upon the completion of

the 104th Congress, will have served in the United States

Senate with great distinction for 30 years;

Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield is the longest serving

United States Senator from Oregon;

Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield serves on the Committee

on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on

Rules and Administration, the Joint Committee on the

Library, and the Joint Committee on Printing;

Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield serves as Chairman of the

Committee on Appropriations and has provided for the

development of major public works projects throughout

the State or Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and the rest

of the Nation;

Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield has constantly worked for

what he calls ‘‘the desperate human needs in our midst’’

by striving to improve health, education, and social service programs;

Whereas Senator Mark O. Hatfield has earned bipartisan respect from his Senate colleagues for his unique ability to

work across party lines to build coalitions which secure

the enactment of legislation; and

Whereas it is appropriate that a room in the United States

Capitol Building be named in honor of Senator Mark O.

Hatfield as a reminder to present and future generations

of his outstanding service as a United States Senator:

Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That room S. 131 in the United States Cap2 itol Building is hereby designated as, and shall hereafter
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1 be known as, the ‘‘Mark O. Hatfield Room’’ in recognition

2 of the selfless and dedicated service provided by Senator

3 Mark O. Hatfield to the Senate, our Nation, and its peo4 ple.

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