[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 159 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 159
Honoring the life of the Honorable John Bennett Johnston, Jr., former
Senator for the State of Louisiana.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 7, 2025
Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Thune, Mr. Schumer, Ms.
Alsobrooks, 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, 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, Mr.
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. Kim,
Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis,
Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Merkley,
Mrs. Moody, Mr. Moran, Mr. Moreno, Mr. Mullin, 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
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RESOLUTION
Honoring the life of the Honorable John Bennett Johnston, Jr., former
Senator for the State of Louisiana.
Whereas, on June 10, 1932, John Bennett Johnston, Jr. (referred to in this
preamble as ``Senator Johnston''), was born in Shreveport, Louisiana;
Whereas Senator Johnston graduated from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, and
later attended Washington and Lee University, the United States Military
Academy at West Point, and Louisiana State University Law School;
Whereas Senator Johnston excelled in his academic pursuits at Louisiana State
University Law School, graduating with distinction as a member of the
Order of the Coif in 1956;
Whereas Senator Johnston married Mary Hunter Gunn in 1956, and they later had 4
children and 10 grandchildren;
Whereas Senator Johnston served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate
General's Corps, and was stationed in Germany from 1956 to 1959;
Whereas Senator Johnston began his career in public service to the State of
Louisiana as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from
1964 to 1968, where he served as floor leader before his election to the
Louisiana State Senate, where he served from 1968 to 1972;
Whereas the people of the State of Louisiana elected Senator Johnston to
represent the State of Louisiana in the Senate, where he served from
1972 to 1997;
Whereas Senator Johnston served on several important committees throughout his
Senate career, including--
(1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations;
(3) the Committee on the Budget;
(4) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship;
(5) the Special Committee on Aging; and
(6) the Select Committee on Intelligence;
Whereas his tenure as Chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources from 1987 to 1995 cemented the legacy of Senator Johnston as
guiding the energy policy of the United States;
Whereas Senator Johnston achieved many legislative triumphs important to the
State of Louisiana during his tenure in the Senate, supporting and
passing legislation on--
(1) flood control and hurricane protection;
(2) natural resource conservation;
(3) expanding offshore oil and gas drilling off the coast of the State
of Louisiana;
(4) deregulating the natural gas industry; and
(5) national energy security, including Senate Bill 2166, 102d
Congress, a comprehensive energy measure providing for national security
and reducing the dependency of the United States on foreign energy;
Whereas Senator Johnston championed legislation to create national wildlife
refuges, to preserve more than 120,000 acres of Louisiana-inland
wetlands, and to honor the rich history of the State of Louisiana
through the establishment of the New Orleans Jazz National Historical
Park and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park;
Whereas Senator Johnston lived to be 92 years old; and
Whereas, throughout his life, Senator Johnston served the State of Louisiana and
the United States with integrity and distinction, and never wavered in
his commitment to honorable public service: 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 John
Bennett Johnston, Jr. (referred to in this resolution
as ``Honorable Bennett Johnston''), former Senator from
the State of Louisiana; and
(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
Bennett Johnston; and
(2) when the Senate adjourns on the date of the adoption of
this resolution, the Senate stands adjourned as a further mark
of respect to the memory of the Honorable Bennett Johnston.
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