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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 354 

Commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia. 

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 

RESOLUTION 

Commending Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia. 


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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 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and commends 

2 Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia, for his fifty3 six years of exemplary service in the Congress of the 

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