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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSENATE RESOLUTION 913—RELATING TO THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE NANCY
KASSEBAUM, FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS
Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Thune, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Armstrong, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Banks, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Husted, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Markey, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moreno, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:
S. Res. 913
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum was born in Topeka, Kansas;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum began her lifetime of public
service as a member of the Kansas Governmental Ethics
Commission and Kansas Committee on the Humanities, as well as
the local school board in Maize, Kansas;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum advocated on behalf of Kansans as a
constituent services staff member for Senator James Pearson
from 1975 to 1976;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum began her United States Senate
career in 1978, which would last until 1997, serving during
this period as Chairman of the of the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources (now known as the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions);
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum introduced the bipartisan Senate
legislation that became the foundation of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Public Law 104-
191; 42 U.S.C. 201 note), which established Federal
protections for patients' medical information;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum was the only woman serving in the
United States Senate at the time of her election;
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum was recognized for her public
service by President Joseph Biden and was awarded the
Presidential Citizens Medal in 2025; and
Whereas Nancy Kassebaum exemplified the American spirit of
service and leadership: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That—
(1) the Senate—
(A) has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the
announcement of the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum,
former United States Senator for the State of Kansas;
(B) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the
Senate—
(i) communicate this resolution to the House of
Representatives; and
(ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the
family of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum; and
(2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands adjourned as
a further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable
Nancy Kassebaum.