,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#ac 7legislative day1 ,december #aa71   
#bjac,mr4 ,reid 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,flake1  
,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,ms4   
,ayotte1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 
,mr4 ,baucus1 ,mr4 ,begich1 ,mr4        
,bennet1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 
,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mrs4      
,boxer1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,burr1 ,ms4   
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,carper1  
,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,chambliss1 ,mr4      
,coats1 ,mr4 ,coburn1 ,mr4 ,cochran1    
,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,corker1 ,mr4       
,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4  
,donnelly1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,enzi1    
,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4  
,franken1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4       
,graham1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mrs4 ,hagan1  
,mr4 ,harkin1 ,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4         
,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,heller1
 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4       
,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,mr4 ,johanns1  

,mr4 ,johnson of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,south ,dakota1 ,mr4 ,kaine1
 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 ,ms4           
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,landrieu1 ,mr4 ,leahy1
 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mrs4      
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4        
,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1
 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4      
,nelson1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,mr4
 ,pryor1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4  
,roberts1 ,mr4 ,rockefeller1 ,mr4       
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,schatz1    
,mr4 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,scott1 ,mr4        
,sessions1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,shelby1
 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4     
,thune1 ,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mr4 ,udall of    
,colorado1 ,mr4 ,udall of ,new ,mexico1 
,mr4 ,vitter1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,ms4        
,warren1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wicker1
 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was         
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,honoring the life1 accomplishments1 and
 legacy of ,nelson ,rolihlahla ,mandela 

and expressing condolences on his       
passing4  ,whereas ,nelson ,mandela was 
born on ,july #ah1 #aiah1 as ,rolihlahla
 ,mandela1 to ,nonqaphi ,nosekeni and   
,nkosi ,mphakanyiswa ,gadla ,mandela in 
,transkei1 ,south ,africa2 ,whereas     
,nelson ,mandela's defiance of          
injustice1 and his commitment to peace  
and reconciliation1 played critical     
roles in the negotiation process that   
led ,south ,africa to abolish apartheid1
 a system of racially focused social1   
political1 and economic discrimination1 
and to ultimately adopt in its place a  
system of multiparty democracy and      
universal suffrage for all ,south       
,africans2 ,whereas ,nelson ,mandela    
became a political activist as a young  
man and rose through the leadership     
ranks of the ,african ,national         
,congress 7,,anc71 becoming the ,,anc   
,president2 ,whereas1 on ,august #e1    
#aifb1 ,nelson ,mandela was arrested for
 his political activism to end the      
discriminatory policies of apartheid2   

,whereas1 despite calls for clemency on 
behalf of ,nelson ,mandela by the       
international community1 including the  
,security ,council1 the ,general        
,assembly1 and the ,secretary ,general  
of the ,united ,nations1 he was found   
guilty of all charges against him and   
sentenced to life in prison2 ,whereas1  
during #ah of his #bg years of          
imprisonment on ,robben ,island1 ,nelson
 ,mandela was permitted only one visitor
 a year1 and for only #cj minutes2      
,whereas ,nelson ,mandela remained      
resolute1 refusing offers to renounce   
his struggle against the ,government of 
,south ,africa in exchange for his      
freedom1 and became widely viewed as a  
martyr for the anti-apartheid movement2 
,whereas1 during his imprisonment1      
,nelson ,mandela was confined to a small
 cell where he slept on the floor1 and  
he was sentenced to hard labor while    
being gravely mistreated by prison      
officials2 ,whereas1 on ,february #aa1  
#aiij1 under growing international      

pressure and national campaign efforts1 
,nelson ,mandela was released from      
prison1 marking the end of his #bg      
years1 #f months1 and #a week of        
continuous incarceration2 ,whereas1 upon
 his release1 ,nelson ,mandela resumed a
 top leadership role in the ,,anc and   
led the party in negotiations that      
resulted in ,south ,africa's first      
multiracial elections2 ,whereas1 in     
#aiid1 following the first fully        
representative1 multiracial national    
elections1 ,nelson ,mandela was elected 
on ,may #i and inaugurated on ,may #aj  
as ,president of the ,democratic        
,republic of ,south ,africa under a     
,government of ,national ,unity2        
,whereas ,president ,nelson ,mandela led
 the transition from minority rule and  
apartheid to multicultural1 multiracial 
democracy1 and played a critical role in
 initiating ,south ,africa's ongoing    
efforts to foster national              
reconciliation and end the diverse1     
deep-rooted1 and enduring social1       

political1 and economic inequalities    
created by apartheid2 ,whereas          
,president ,nelson ,mandela sought to   
promote equal opportunity for jobs and  
education1 access to social services1   
and quality-of-life improvements for all
 ,south ,africans2 ,whereas1 during the 
presidency of ,nelson ,mandela1 ,south  
,africa established the ,truth and      
,reconciliation ,commission to          
investigate gross human rights          
violations committed under the apartheid
 regime2 ,whereas ,nelson ,mandela's    
decision to step down after one term as 
,south ,africa's elected ,president     
serves as a commendable example of      
commitment to democratic principles for 
elected national leaders in new         
democracies around the globe2 ,whereas  
,nelson ,mandela continued his social   
justice and human rights work upon his  
retirement in #aiii1 primarily through  
the ,nelson ,mandela ,foundation and its
 two sister organizations1 the ,nelson  
,mandela ,children's ,fund and the      

,mandela-,rhodes ,foundation2 ,whereas1 
on ,july #ah1 #bjjg1 ,nelson ,mandela   
convened the ,elders1 a group of world  
leaders including ,desmond ,tutu1 ,graca
 ,machel1 and former ,united ,states    
,president ,jimmy ,carter1 to contribute
 their wisdom and insight towards       
addressing some of the world's toughest 
problems2 ,whereas the #aiic ,nobel     
,peace ,prize was jointly awarded to    
,nelson ,mandela and ,frederik ,willem  
de ,klerk for their work for the        
peaceful termination of the apartheid   
regime1 and for laying the foundations  
for a new democratic ,south ,africa2    
,whereas ,congress contributed to the   
attainment of the political ideals and  
goals for which ,nelson ,mandela        
struggled1 by enacting the              
,comprehensive ,anti-,apartheid ,act of 
#aihf 7,public ,law #ii-ddj7 on ,october
 #b1 #aihf1 and has honored ,nelson     
,mandela by passing the ,mandela        
,freedom ,resolution in the ,house of   
,representatives on ,september #ah1     

#aihd 7,h4 ,res4 #dcj1 #ihth ,congress71
 and in the ,senate on ,october #aj1    
#aihd 7,s4 ,res4 #chf1 #ihth ,congress71
 by adopting the resolution concerning  
,united ,states support for the new     
,south ,africa on ,october #e1 #aiid    
7,h4 ,res4 #efj1 #ajcrd ,congress71 and 
by awarding ,nelson ,mandela the        
,congressional ,gold ,medal on ,july    
#bi1 #aiih2 ,whereas former ,united     
,states ,president ,bill ,clinton       
honored ,nelson ,mandela with the       
,philadelphia ,liberty ,medal in #aiic1 
and former ,united ,states ,president   
,george ,w4 ,bush honored ,nelson       
,mandela with the ,presidential ,medal  
of ,freedom in #bjjb2 ,whereas1 on ,july
 #ah of each year1 people around the    
world celebrate ,nelson ,mandela ,day1  
in recognition of ,nelson ,mandela's    
birthday1 by devoting their time to     
community service in honor of his       
legacy2 ,whereas1 in #aiie1 ,nelson     
,mandela wrote3 ,i have walked that long
 road to freedom4 ,i have tried not to  

falter2 ,i have made missteps along the 
way4 ,but ,i have discovered the secret 
that after climbing a great hill1 one   
only finds that there are many more     
hills to climb4 ,i have taken a moment  
here to rest1 to steal a view of the    
glorious vista that surrounds me1 to    
look back on the distance ,i have come4 
,but ,i can only rest for a moment1 for 
with freedom come responsibilities1 and 
,i dare not linger1 for my long walk is 
not ended42 and ,whereas ,nelson        
,mandela leaves a legacy that transcends
 his time and place in history1 which   
will guide and inspire generations to   
come3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the  
,senate-- 7#a7 honors the life1         
accomplishments1 and legacy of former   
,south ,african ,president ,nelson      
,mandela2  7#b7 extends its heartfelt   
sympathies and condolences to the       
members of the family of the late       
,president ,nelson ,mandela and his     
fellow citizens2  7#c7 requests the     
,secretary of ,state to communicate     

these expressions of honor and          
condolence to ,nelson ,mandela's family 
and to the ,parliament of the ,republic 
of ,south ,africa2 and  7#d7 requests   
the ,president to identify an           
appropriate and lasting program of the  
,united ,states ,government to honor    
,nelson ,mandela's legacy4