September 17, 1976
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SENATE RESOLUTION 553 — HONORING MIKE MANSFIELD OF MONTANA
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, on behalf of myself and Mr. HUMPHREY, I send to the desk a resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution will be stated.
The legislative clerk read the resolution.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the resolution?
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be amended, as follows: In the third paragraph, the third line, the word "majority" be inserted between the word "as" and "whip."
The amendment was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution, as amended.
The resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
The preamble was agreed to.
The resolution, as amended, with its preamble is as follows:
S. Res. 553
Whereas Mike Mansfield has served the people of Montana and the Nation for thirty-four years in the Congress of the United States, ten years in the House of Representatives and twenty-four years in the Senate;
Whereas Mike Mansfield by his tireless efforts in the Senate and abroad during seven administrations and by his advice and counsel in the conduct of foreign relations to Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford has contributed to safeguarding the welfare of the United States in the world;
Whereas his Senate colleagues repose great trust and confidence in Mike Mansfield, as manifested in his elections as majority whip for four years and as majority leader for sixteen consecutive years, the longest service as leader in the history of the United States Senate; and
Whereas Mike Mansfield, as he is in the Senate, is recognized throughout the Nation and the world for his efforts to encourage respect for human decency, to enhance political integrity and to advance international peace: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate acknowledges the exceptional service of Mike Mansfield of Montana, on behalf of the people of this Nation and expresses to him its profound gratitude for his outstanding participation in the Government of the United States of America.
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President,I ask unanimous consent that the resolution may lie at the dask throughout the day so that other Senators who wish to add their names as cosponsors may do so.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Subsequently, by unanimous consent, the following Senators were added as cosponsors:
Abourezk, Allen, Baker, Bartlett, Bayh, Beall, Bellmon, Bentsen, Biden, Brock, Brooke, Buckley, Bumpers, Burdick, Byrd, Harry F., Va., Cannon, Case, Chiles, Church, Clark, Cranston, Culver, Curtis, Dole, Domenici, Durkin, Eagleton, Eastland, Fannin, Fong, Ford, Garn, Glenn, Goldwater, Gravel, Griffin, Hansen, Hart, Gary W., Colo., Hart, Philip A., Mich., Hartke, Haskell, Hatfield, Hathaway, Helms, Hollings, Hruska, Huddleston, Inouye, Jackson, Javits, Johnston, Kennedy, Laxalt, Leahy, Long, Magnuson, Mathias, McClellan, McClure, McGee, McGovern, McInytre, Metcalf, Mondale, Montoya, Morgan, Moss, Muskie, Nelson, Nunn, Packwood, Pastore, Pearson, Pell, Percy, Proxmire, Randolph, Ribicoff, Roth, Schweiker, Scott, Hugh, Pa., Scott, William L., Va., Sparkman, Stafford, Stennis, Stevens, Stevenson, Stone, Symington, Taft, Talmadge, Thurmond, Tower, Tunney, Weicker, Williams, Young.