,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1 
#bjai,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself1 ,mrs4  
,murray1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,menendez1  
,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4       
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,ms4 ,hirono1   
,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 
,heinrich1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1
 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 and 
,ms4 ,harris7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,,resolution  ,congratulating the     
,senate ,,glass ,caucus staff           
association for lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1 
and transgender ,senate staff on the    
#ae-year anniversary of the association4
  ,whereas1 on ,april #bc1 #bjjd1       
several ,senate staffers joined to form 
a first-of-its-kind staff association   
for lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1 and         
transgender 7referred to in this        
preamble as ,,lgbt7 ,senate staff and   
the allies of ,,lgbt ,senate staff2     

,whereas that staff association1 known  
as the ,gay1 ,lesbian1 ,allies ,senate  
,staff ,caucus1 and commonly referred to
 as the ,senate ,,glass ,caucus1        
continues to serve the ,senate community
 by raising awareness of issues         
affecting the ,,lgbt community2 ,whereas
 the ,senate ,,glass ,caucus continues  
to promote the welfare and dignity of   
,,lgbt ,senate employees2 ,whereas1 for 
the first time in the #ae-year history  
of the ,senate ,glass ,caucus1 the      
,senate ,,glass ,caucus celebrates the  
fact that #b openly ,,lgbt ,members are 
serving simultaneously in the ,senate2  
and ,whereas the ,senate ,,glass ,caucus
 strives to provide a safe environment  
for social interaction and professional 
development3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 congratulates  
the ,senate ,,glass ,caucus staff       
association on the occasion of the #aeth
 anniversary of the association2  7#b7  
commends the late ,senator ,frank       
,raleigh ,lautenberg of ,new ,jersey    

for-- 7,a7 the critical role that       
,senator ,lautenberg played in the      
formation of the ,senate ,,glass        
,caucus2 and  7,b7 the steadfast support
 of ,senator ,lautenberg for equality2  
and  7#c7 recognizes the members of the 
inaugural ,senate ,,glass ,caucus       
,steering ,committee for the vision and 
hard work of those members in           
establishing the ,senate ,,glass        
,caucus1 including-- 7,a7 ,lynden       
,armstrong2  7,b7 ,brett ,bearce2  7,c7 
,josh ,brekenfeld2  7,d7 ,john ,fossum2 
7,e7 ,jason ,knapp2  7,f7 ,jeffrey      
,levensaler2  7,g7 ,kelsey ,phipps2 and 
7,h7 ,mat ,young4