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Week Ending July 15, 2005

S.RES.194 A resolution relative to the death of Gaylord A. Nelson, former United States Senator for the State of Wisconsin.

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   Governor of Wisconsin for four years then US Senator for 18, Senator Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995.

   The Resolution expresses the Senate’s condolences to the late Senator’s family.

Sponsor: Senator William H. Frist (R-TN)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent (July 11. 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost.

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Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served as Governor of the State of Wisconsin from 1959-1963;

   Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served the people of Wisconsin with distinction for 18 years in the United States Senate;

   Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson served the Senate as Chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business from the Ninety-Third through the Ninety-Sixth Congresses and as Chairman of the Special Committee on Official Conduct in the Ninety-Fifth Congress;

   Whereas Gaylord A. Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995;

   Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Gaylord A. Nelson, former member of the United States Senate.

   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.

   Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Gaylord A. Nelson.

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