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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 354 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 354

         Commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2009

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
Alexander, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, 
    Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr, Mr. Burris, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, 
  Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
 Gregg, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, 
  Mr. Inouye, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. 
 Kerry, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
  Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. LeMieux, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. 
   Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
   Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of 
 Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. 
  Roberts, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
 Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, 
    Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
 Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. 
  Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
         Commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia.

Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served for fifty-six years in the United States 
        Congress, making him the longest serving Member of Congress in history;
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served over fifty years in the United States Senate, 
        and is the longest serving Senator in history, having been elected to 
        nine full terms;
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has had a long and distinguished record of public 
        service to the people of West Virginia and the United States, having 
        held more elective offices than any other individual in the history of 
        West Virginia, and being the only West Virginian to have served in both 
        Houses of the West Virginia Legislature and in both Houses of the United 
        States Congress;
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served in the Senate leadership as President pro 
        tempore, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, Minority Leader, and Secretary 
        of the Majority Conference;
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has served on a Senate committee, the Committee on 
        Appropriations, which he has chaired during five Congresses, longer than 
        any other Senator;
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd is the first Senator to have authored a comprehensive 
        history of the United States Senate;
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has throughout his service in the Senate vigilantly 
        defended the Constitutional prerogatives of the Congress; and
Whereas, Robert C. Byrd has played an essential role in the development and 
        enactment of an enormous body of national legislative initiatives and 
        policy over many decades: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and commends Robert C. Byrd, 
Senator from West Virginia, for his fifty-six years of exemplary 
service in the Congress of the United States.
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