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 RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND THE DEATH OF DANIEL J. EVANS, FORMER SENATOR 
                      FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and 
the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 872.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 872) recognizing the life and the 
     death of Daniel J. Evans, former Senator for the State of 
     Washington.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to; that the Murray amendment at the desk to the preamble be agreed to; 
that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 872) was agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 3303) to the preamble was considered and agreed to 
as follows:

                    (Purpose: To amend the preamble)

       In the eighth whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``3 
     terms'' and insert ``3 consecutive terms''.

  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 872

       Whereas Daniel ``Dan'' Evans was born in Seattle, 
     Washington, in 1925;
       Whereas Dan Evans graduated from Roosevelt High School in 
     Seattle in 1943;
       Whereas Dan Evans enlisted in the United States Navy in 
     1943, and served a 3-year tour of duty as an ensign aboard an 
     aircraft carrier in the Pacific during World War II;
       Whereas, after World War II, Dan Evans earned a bachelor of 
     science degree and a master of science degree in civil 
     engineering from the University of Washington and worked as a 
     civil engineer in Seattle;
       Whereas, in 1951, Dan Evans was recalled to the United 
     States Navy for the Korean War, where he served as an 
     operations officer on a destroyer with the rank of lieutenant 
     and later as an aide to Admiral William K. Mendenhall during 
     peace negotiations at Panmunjon;
       Whereas Dan Evans married the late Nancy Bell Evans of 
     Spokane, Washington, in 1959 and is survived by three sons, 
     Daniel Jr., Mark, and Bruce;
       Whereas Dan Evans was first elected to the Washington State 
     House of Representatives in 1956 and served as the Republican 
     floor leader from 1961 to 1964;
       Whereas Dan Evans was first elected Governor of the State 
     of Washington in 1964 and became the first person in 
     Washington State history to serve 3 consecutive terms as 
     Governor, winning reelection in 1968 and 1972;
       Whereas Dan Evans served as Chair of the National Governors 
     Association from 1973 to 1974;
       Whereas Dan Evans served as the President of Evergreen 
     State College in Olympia, Washington, from 1977 to 1983;
       Whereas Dan Evans served as the first Chair of the Pacific 
     Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council 
     from 1981 to 1983;
       Whereas, in 1983, Governor John Spellman appointed Dan 
     Evans to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death 
     of former Senator Henry ``Scoop'' Jackson of Washington;
       Whereas Dan Evans was elected to the Senate in a special 
     election in 1983, and served as the Senator from Washington 
     from 1983 to 1989;
       Whereas Dan Evans served as Vice-Chairman of the Select 
     Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate from 1987 to 1989;
       Whereas, in 1993, Governor Mike Lowry appointed Dan Evans 
     to the Board of Regents of the University of Washington;
       Whereas Dan Evans served as the President of the Board of 
     Regents of the University of Washington from 1996 to 1997;
       Whereas, in 1999, the University of Washington Graduate 
     School of Public Affairs was renamed the Daniel J. Evans 
     School of Public Policy and Governance; and
       Whereas, in 2017, the Olympic Wilderness in Olympic 
     National Park was renamed the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep 
     regret the announcement of the death of Daniel J. Evans, 
     former member of the Senate;
       (2) the Senate will communicate this resolution to the 
     House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy 
     thereof to the family of the deceased; and
       (3) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands adjourned as 
     a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Daniel J. 
     Evans.

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