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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 523 

Honoring the life and legacy of the late Senator Herb Kohl. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 11, 2024 

Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. MCCONNELL, 

Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. 

BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. BROWN, Mr. 

BUDD, Ms. BUTLER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

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

FETTERMAN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. 

GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. HEINRICH, 

Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. 

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

LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, 

Mr. MULLIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. 

OSSOFF, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. 

RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, 

Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, 

Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VANCE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. 

WARNOCK, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, 

Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which 

was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the life and legacy of the late Senator Herb Kohl. 


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Whereas Herb Kohl grew up in the Sherman Park neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 

Whereas Herb Kohl earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, which is now home to the basketball 

and hockey center that bears his name, as well as the 

Herb Kohl Public Service Research Competition to advance evidence-based policy and governance research by 

faculty members and students, which were supported 

through his gifts to the University; 

Whereas, as president of the Kohl’s Corporation, Herb Kohl 

followed in his father’s footsteps and built with his brothers a chain of over 50 Kohl’s grocery stores across the 

Midwest; 

Whereas, when the Milwaukee Bucks were put up for sale 

and in danger of being bought and moved to another city, 

Herb Kohl stepped forward in 1985 and bought the team 

with the promise to Bucks fans that the team would 

never leave—a promise he fulfilled when the time came 

to sell the team in 2014, donating $100,000,000 to help 

build a new arena for the community; 

Whereas, in 1990, Herb Kohl started the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation, which has provided more than 

$34,000,000 in grants and scholarships to Wisconsin students, teachers, and schools; 

Whereas Herb Kohl answered a call to public service in 1988 

and ran for the United States Senate with a commitment 

to being ‘‘nobody’s Senator but yours’’ and working 

across party lines for the people of the State he loved; 

Whereas Herb Kohl served Wisconsin in the United States 

Senate for 24 years, bringing his business experience to 


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his Senate office and treating his more than 5,000,000 

Wisconsin constituents as his customers; 

Whereas Herb Kohl championed issues important for the people of Wisconsin, fighting every day for dairy farmers, 

working to protect kids from the threat of gun violence, 

helping seniors secure and keep high quality health care, 

and supporting education at all levels, from early childhood through adults attending technical colleges and universities; 

Whereas Herb Kohl served on the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 

and was Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging of 

the Senate; 

Whereas, throughout his Senate tenure and as Chairman of 

the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, Herb 

Kohl championed initiatives to get individuals, families, 

and communities the health insurance and care they 

needed, focusing on the most vulnerable—children and 

seniors—and the most difficult to reach—rural communities; 

Whereas Herb Kohl used his position as Chairman of the 

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies of the 

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to advance 

Wisconsin’s dairy interests and strengthen nutrition programs for children, including by expanding after-school 

feeding programs, launching school breakfast start-up 

grants, expanding summer food service for students, and 

leading the charge to fund the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (commonly referred to as ‘‘WIC’’), which provides nutrition 

assistance to pregnant women, infants, and children; 


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Whereas, as a member of the Committee on the Judiciary of 

the Senate, Herb Kohl worked to provide funding for police departments across Wisconsin, advance legislation for 

child safety locks on handguns, strengthen efforts in the 

State to fight drug trafficking, and institute ratings for 

video games; 

Whereas Herb Kohl’s office assisted Wisconsinites through 

individual casework for more than 2 decades, earning a 

reputation as having one of the best customer service operations in the United States Senate; and 

Whereas, on December 27, 2023, at the age of 88, Herb Kohl 

died, leaving behind a legacy of dedication and service to 

the people of Wisconsin: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the Senate— 

3 (A) recognizes with profound sorrow and 

4 deep regret the death of the Honorable Herb 

5 Kohl, former Senator for the State of Wis6 consin; and 

7 (B) respectfully requests that the Sec8 retary of the Senate— 

9 (i) communicate this resolution to the 

10 House of Representatives; and 

11 (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this 

12 resolution to the family of the Honorable 

13 Herb Kohl; and 


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1 (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands 

2 adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem3 ory of the Honorable Herb Kohl. 

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