,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bd1 
#bjag ,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,nelson1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,durbin1    
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4    
,inhofe1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1    
,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 and ,mr4     
,gardner7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,honoring the life and    
achievements of ,eugene ,a4 ,gene       
,cernan4  ,whereas ,gene ,cernan was    
born on ,march #ad1 #aicd1 in ,chicago1 
,illinois1 was raised in the suburban   
towns of ,bellwood and ,maywood1 and    
graduated from ,proviso ,township ,high 
,school2 ,whereas ,gene ,cernan began   
his career as a basic flight trainee in 
the ,united ,states ,navy2 ,whereas     
,gene ,cernan was one of fourteen       
astronauts selected by ,,nasa in        
,october #aifc to participate in the    
,gemini and ,apollo programs2 ,whereas  

,gene ,cernan was the second ,american  
to have walked in space having spanned  
the circumference of the world twice in 
a little more than #ba_/b hours in #aiff
 during the ,gemini #i mission2 ,whereas
 ,gene ,cernan served as the lunar      
module pilot for ,apollo #aj in #aifi1  
which was referred to as the dress      
rehearsal for ,apollo #aa's historic    
landing on the ,moon2 ,whereas ,gene    
,cernan was commander of ,apollo #ag in 
#aigb1 during the last human mission to 
the ,moon2 ,whereas ,gene ,cernan       
maintains the distinction of being the  
last man to have left his footprints on 
the surface of the ,moon2 ,whereas ,gene
 ,cernan was one of the three men to    
have flown to the ,moon on two          
occasions2 ,whereas ,gene ,cernan logged
 #eff hours and #ae minutes in space1 of
 which more than #gc hours were spent on
 the surface of the ,moon2 ,whereas     
,gene ,cernan and the crew of ,apollo   
#ag set records that still stand today1 
for longest manned lunar landing flight1

 longest lunar surface extra vehicular  
activities1 largest lunar sample return1
 and longest time in lunar orbit2       
,whereas ,gene ,cernan retired from the 
,navy after #bj years and ended his     
,,nasa career in ,july #aigf2 and       
,whereas1 on ,january #af1 #bjaf1 ,gene 
,cernan passed away in ,houston1 ,texas1
 leaving behind a vibrant history of    
space exploration and advocacy for      
,,nasa1 a legacy of inspiring young     
people to dream the impossible1 and a   
documentary that encourages continual   
human space exploration3 ,now1          
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate     
honors the life of ,gene ,cernan1 a     
,naval aviator1 fighter pilot1          
electrical engineer1 and the last       
astronaut to walk on the ,moon4