Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025

SRES255 — A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of former United States Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri.

Honors the life and public service of Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond. The resolution summarizes his career as Missouri State Auditor, two-term Governor, and four-term U.S. Senator and highlights his work on housing, Parents as Teachers, literacy, care for women and children, support for farmers, and national defense. It records his death on May 13, 2025, notes survivors Linda, his son Sam, and two grandchildren, and directs transmission of the resolution to his family and the House and adjournment as a mark of respect.

SRES159 — A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable John Bennett Johnston, Jr., former Senator for the State of Louisiana.

Honors the life and public service of John Bennett Johnston Jr., a Louisiana leader who served in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997. Born June 10, 1932, in Shreveport, he attended C. E. Byrd High School, Washington and Lee University, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and LSU Law, graduating with distinction and joining the Order of the Coif in 1956. He served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in Germany from 1956 to 1959. Johnston served in the Louisiana House and State Senate before his long Senate career, where he chaired the Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 1987 to 1995 and helped shape national energy policy, flood control, hurricane protection, offshore oil and gas expansion, and natural gas deregulation. He championed conservation, helped preserve more than 120,000 acres of Louisiana inland wetlands, and helped establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. Johnston lived to age 92 and is remembered for integrity, distinction, and committed public service.

SRES148 — A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Alan K. Simpson, former Senator for the State of Wyoming.

This resolution honors the life and public service of Alan K. Simpson. It summarizes his Wyoming roots, Army service, legal career, long tenure in the Wyoming legislature and U.S. Senate, leadership on veterans' issues and fiscal reform, receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and civic work with Wyoming institutions. The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy to his family and to the House and states that the Senate shall adjourn as a further mark of respect.

SRES585 — A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

Honors the life and legacy of Ben Nighthorse Campbell. A Korean War Air Force veteran, Olympic judo competitor, jeweler and rancher, Colorado legislator, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator, he chaired the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and authored landmark measures including the National Museum of the American Indian, Black Canyon of the Gunnison park designation, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, and water projects for the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes. The resolution asks the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an enrolled copy to his family and marks his memory with a Senate recess as a further sign of respect.

SRES19 — A resolution honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.

This resolution mourns the passing and honors the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter, highlighting his lifelong public service and humanitarian leadership. It recounts his 1924 birth in Plains, Georgia, Naval Academy graduation in 1946, service as Georgia governor and the 39th President, and key diplomatic achievements including the Camp David Accords and SALT II. It notes his role in creating the Departments of Education and Energy, founding The Carter Center, decades of Habitat for Humanity work that helped build about 4,400 homes, and awards including the Nobel Peace Prize.

SRES201 — A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of May 4, 2025, through May 10, 2025, as "National Small Business Week" to celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the United States.

Designates May 4–10, 2025, as National Small Business Week to honor the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs across the United States. It notes there are more than 34.5 million small businesses that support over 59 million jobs and applauds the resilience and achievements of small business owners and their employees.