,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #hjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#af1 #bjbj,mr4 ,blunt 7for himself1 ,ms4
 ,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,king1 
,mr4 ,cardin1 and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7    
submitted the following resolution2     
which was considered and agreed to      
,,resolution  ,designating room ,s-#abd 
of the ,united ,states ,capitol as the  
,u4,s4 ,senator ,margaret ,chase ,smith 
,room and designating room ,s-#aae of   
the ,united ,states ,capitol as the     
,u4,s4 ,senator ,barbara ,a4 ,mikulski  
,room1 in recognition of their service  
to the ,senate and the people of the    
,united ,states4  ,whereas ,senator     
,margaret ,chase ,smith served the      
people of ,maine for more than #cb years
 as a member of the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,senate2       
,whereas ,senator ,margaret ,chase      
,smith became the first woman to serve  
in both the ,house of ,representatives  
and the ,senate2 ,whereas ,senator      

,margaret ,chase ,smith served as ,chair
 of the ,republican ,conference1 the    
first woman to hold a leadership        
position in the ,senate2 ,whereas1      
during her tenure in the ,senate1       
,senator ,margaret ,chase ,smith served 
as-- 7#a7 the first woman ,ranking      
,member of the ,committee on ,armed     
,services1 the first woman ,ranking     
,member of the ,committee on            
,aeronautical and ,space ,sciences1 and 
the ,chair of the ,committee on ,rates  
and ,compensation of ,certain ,officers 
and ,employees of the ,senate2 and  7#b7
 a member of the ,committee on ,district
 of ,columbia1 the ,committee on        
,expenditures in the ,executive         
,departments 7renamed the ,committee on 
,government ,operations in #aieb71 the  
,committee on ,rules and                
,administration1 the ,committee on      
,appropriations1 and the ,joint         
,congressional ,committee on ,inaugural 
,ceremonies2 ,whereas1 on ,june #a1     
#aiej1 ,senator ,margaret ,chase ,smith 

spoke out against ,mc,carthyism in the  
,senate ,chamber1 becoming one of the   
first ,senators to do so1 with her      
,declaration of ,conscience speech2     
,whereas ,senator ,margaret ,chase      
,smith championed legislation and       
policies for women in the military      
throughout her ,senate career and served
 as a role model to countless women     
seeking elective office and careers in  
public service2 ,whereas ,senator       
,barbara ,a4 ,mikulski served the people
 of ,maryland for more than #de years as
 a member of the ,baltimore ,city       
,council1 the ,house of                 
,representatives1 and the ,senate2      
,whereas ,senator ,barbara ,a4 ,mikulski
 served the longest tenure of all women 
in ,congress to date2 ,whereas ,senator 
,barbara ,a4 ,mikulski served as        
,democratic ,conference ,secretary1 the 
first woman to hold a ,democratic       
leadership position in the ,senate2     
,whereas1 during her tenure in the      
,senate1 ,senator ,barbara ,a4 ,mikulski

 served as-- 7#a7 the first ,chairwoman 
of the ,committee on ,appropriations1   
the ,chairwoman of the ,subcommittee on 
,transportation1 ,housing and ,urban    
,development1 and ,related ,agencies of 
the ,committee on ,appropriations1 and  
the first ,vice ,chairwoman of the      
,committee on ,appropriations2 and  7#b7
 a member of the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions       
7formerly the ,committee on ,labor and  
,human ,resources7 and the ,committee on
 ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship2
 ,whereas ,senator ,barbara ,a4         
,mikulski championed policy on higher   
education1 pay equality1 space1         
technology1 justice1 ,alzheimer's       
research1 and maritime issues and       
sponsored legislation to improve women's
 health1 including the creation of the  
,office of ,research on ,women's ,health
 of the ,national ,institutes of        
,health2 and ,whereas ,senator ,barbara 
,a4 ,mikulski mentored other female     
,senators as the ,dean of the ,women    

,senators and fostered bipartisan       
cooperation and friendship amongst the  
women of the ,senate3 ,now1 therefore1  
be it ,that1 in recognition of the      
service of ,senator ,margaret ,chase    
,smith and ,senator ,barbara ,a4        
,mikulski to the ,senate and the people 
of the ,united ,states1 the ,senate     
designates-- 7#a7 room ,s-#abd of the   
,united ,states ,capitol as the ,u4,s4  
,senator ,margaret ,chase ,smith ,room2 
and  7#b7 room ,s-#aae of the ,united   
,states ,capitol as the ,u4,s4 ,senator 
,barbara ,a4 ,mikulski ,room4