Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related to the resolution be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 397) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 397 Whereas Mac Mathias served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1942-1946 and was a captain in the Naval Reserve; Whereas Mac Mathias served the state of Maryland as an assistant attorney general, a city attorney, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives; Whereas Mac Mathias was called the ``conscience of the Senate'' by Majority Leader Mike Mansfield; Whereas Mac Mathias served the Senate as Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration in the Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses and co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing in the Ninety-seventh and Ninety-ninth Congresses; and Whereas Mac Mathias served the people of Maryland with distinction for 18 years in the United States Senate; Now therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., former member of the United States Senate.…”