Title: A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, former United States Senator for the State of Indiana.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, former Senator from Indiana.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 173 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 173

Relative to the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, former United 
                States Senator for the State of Indiana.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2019

  Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
 Alexander, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, 
   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, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gardner, 
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
  Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. 
 Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Manchin, 
  Mr. Markey, Ms. McSally, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
 Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Paul, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Peters, 
 Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, 
Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of 
  Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. 
 Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, 
  Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. 
           Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden)

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Relative to the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, former United 
                States Senator for the State of Indiana.

Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1932 
        and graduated from Shortridge High School in 1950 in Indianapolis, 
        Indiana as an Eagle Scout and American Legion Boys Nation delegate;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar studied at Denison University in 
        Granville, Ohio and at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, England 
        as a Rhodes Scholar;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar volunteered for the U.S. Navy and served 
        his country as an officer from 1957-1960, including as an intelligence 
        briefer to the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Arleigh Burke;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was elected mayor of Indianapolis from 
        1968-1975 and envisioned the unification of the city with the 
        surrounding Marion County areas and brought uninterrupted economic 
        growth;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served on the Indianapolis Board of 
        School Commissioners from 1964 to 1967;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was elected to the United States Senate 
        in 1976; reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006, and 
        served from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 2013;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served as chair of the Republican 
        Senatorial Campaign Committee in the 98th Congress;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar served as chairman of the Senate 
        Agriculture Committee from 1995-2001 and built bipartisan support for 
        the 1996 federal farm program reforms, initiated a biofuels research 
        program, reformed the food stamp program, and preserved the federal 
        school lunch program;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was one of only two senators in history 
        to serve 34 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including 
        two terms as chairman from 1985 to 1987 and from 2003 to 2007;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was a leader in reducing the threat of 
        nuclear, chemical and biological weapons by passing and overseeing the 
        implementation of the bipartisan Nunn-Lugar program, which deactivated 
        more than 7,600 nuclear warheads, millions of chemical munitions, and 
        several thousand nuclear capable missiles, and continues to perform non-
        proliferation missions in more than forty countries;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar played an essential role in the enactment 
        of sanctions on the Apartheid government of South Africa, the U.S. 
        recognition of President Corazon Aquino as the winner of the 1986 
        Philippines election, the expansion of the NATO alliance, the 
        construction and passage of the PEPFAR initiative to combat the global 
        AIDS epidemic, and the ratification of numerous arms control and anti-
        terrorism treaties;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was a fifth generation Hoosier who was 
        the longest serving member of Congress in the history of Indiana;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was awarded the Presidential Medal of 
        Freedom on November 20, 2013;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar held 47 honorary degrees from colleges 
        and universities, was named Outstanding Legislator by the American 
        Political Science Association, and was the 2005 recipient of the 
        American Foreign Service Association Lifetime Contributions to American 
        Diplomacy Award and the 2016 recipient of the J. William Fulbright Prize 
        for International Understanding;
Whereas the Honorable Richard G. Lugar was a devoted husband, father, 
        grandfather, and great-grandfather;
Whereas the service of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar on behalf of the people of 
        Indiana and all people of the United States earned him the respect and 
        devotion of his colleagues; and
Whereas the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar has deprived Indiana and the 
        United States of one of the most outstanding Senators: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Richard G. Lugar, 
former Senator for the State of Indiana; and
    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these 
resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled 
copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
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