,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ffj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bh1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,perdue 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,loeffler1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4       
,schumer1 ,mr4 ,alexander1 ,ms4         
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 
,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4
 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,boozman1   
,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,burr1   
,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4     
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4
 ,cassidy1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,coons1  
,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 
,cotton1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4
 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1  
,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,ms4 ,ernst1  
,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4  
,gardner1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4       
,graham1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,ms4 ,harris1  
,ms4 ,hassan1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4        
,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1  
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4  
,johnson1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4
 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 

,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,lee1 
,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,ms4       
,mc,sally1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4         
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 
,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,paul1
 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,portman1 ,mr4      
,reed1 ,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4 
,romney1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mr4
 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,sasse1    
,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina1 ,mrs4  
,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,shelby1 ,ms4 ,sinema1   
,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4       
,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,thune1   
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mr4 ,udall1
 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,ms4  
,warren1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wicker1
 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4 ,young7 submitted
 the following resolution2 which was    
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,honoring and commemorating the life and
 legacy of ,representative ,john ,lewis4
  ,whereas the ,senate mourns the loss  
of ,john ,lewis1 a titan in the struggle
 for civil rights and equality for all  

races1 and commemorates his life and    
accomplishments2 ,whereas ,john ,lewis  
was born during the era of ,jim ,crow in
 a segregated community in which racism 
and discrimination ran rampant2 ,whereas
 ,john ,lewis's moral clarity and       
unwavering commitment to nonviolence    
made his first passions preaching and   
ministry2 ,whereas ,john ,lewis fought  
his first battle against segregation    
when he was just a teenager1 authoring a
 petition for equal access to his local 
public library1 where ,african          
,americans had paid for the construction
 of the facilities but were banned from 
checking out books2 ,whereas1 before his
 #bast birthday1 ,john ,lewis           
established his commitment to good      
trouble by organizing sit-ins at        
segregated restaurants and theaters2    
,whereas ,john ,lewis helped found the  
,student ,nonviolent ,coordinating      
,committee1 which advocated for civil   
disobedience and nonviolent resistance  
against segregation across the ,united  

,states1 bringing him to the forefront  
of the struggle of the ,united ,states  
for civil rights2 ,whereas ,john ,lewis 
participated in the #aifa ,freedom      
,rides1 which were a series of trips    
that tested a new desegregation order of
 interstate transportation facilities   
and resulted in multiple beatings and   
the firebombing of the bus that ,john   
,lewis was supposed to be riding2       
,whereas1 at #bc years of age1 ,john    
,lewis served as the youngest member of 
the ,big ,six1 which planned the #aifc  
,march on ,washington1 and worked       
alongside ,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41  
,james ,farmer1 ,a4 ,philip ,randolph1  
,roy ,wilkins1 and ,whitney ,young to   
advocate for racial equality and justice
 for all2 ,whereas ,john ,lewis         
courageously led protestors across the  
,edmund ,pettus ,bridge in ,selma1      
,alabama1 bravely bearing violence from 
the police to embody the struggle of the
 ,united ,states to live up to its      
founding ideals of equal justice under  

the law2 ,whereas the bravery of ,john  
,lewis during ,bloody ,sunday led       
,congress to pass1 and ,president       
,lyndon ,b4 ,johnson to sign into law1  
the ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife 7#eb  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajcja et seq471 ensuring that
 ,african ,americans have the right to  
fully participate in the democratic     
process in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas
 ,john ,lewis faithfully served the city
 of ,atlanta between #aigg and #aiha1   
embodying his election night promise to 
bring a sense of ethics and moral       
courage to the ,atlanta ,city ,council2 
,whereas ,john ,lewis faithfully served 
the #eth congressional district of      
,georgia in the ,house of               
,representatives between #aihg and      
#bjbj1 serving as the conscience of the 
,congress by continuing his pursuit of  
justice and truth in the capital of the 
,united ,states2 and ,whereas the       
,senate commends ,john ,lewis for his   
life and for embodying the spirit of    
love and dignity through his unceasing  

advocacy for reconciliation1 justice1   
and the equality of all mankind3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it ,that-- 7#a7 the       
,senate-- 7,a7 has heard with profound  
sorrow and deep regret the announcement 
of the death of the ,honorable ,john    
,lewis1 a late ,member of the ,house of 
,representatives2 and  7,b7 respectfully
 requests that the ,secretary of the    
,senate-- 7i7 communicate this          
resolution to the ,house of             
,representatives2 and  7ii7 transmit an 
enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
family of ,john ,lewis2 and  7#b7 when  
the ,senate adjourns today1 it stand    
adjourned as a further mark of respect  
to the memory of the ,honorable ,john   
,lewis4