S.Res. 721

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 721 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 721

Honoring the life and legacy of Robert S. Mueller III and commending 
him for a life dedicated to public service and the defense of the 
democracy of the United States.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 30, 2026

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. 
Schumer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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RESOLUTION

Honoring the life and legacy of Robert S. Mueller III and commending 
him for a life dedicated to public service and the defense of the 
democracy of the United States.

Whereas Robert Swan Mueller III was born on August 7, 1944, in New York City, 
New York, to his mother Alice Truesdale and his father Robert Swan 
Mueller, Jr.;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New 
Hampshire, in 1962 and later earned his bachelor's degree in politics 
from Princeton University in 1966 and his master's degree in 
international relations from New York University in 1967;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III met his wife Ann Cabell Standish when they were in 
high school, and they were married in 1966 at St. Stephen's Episcopal 
Church;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III and his wife Ann raised 2 daughters;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III served with distinction in the United States 
Marine Corps from 1968 to 1970;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III served as a rifle platoon leader in the Vietnam 
War with Second Platoon, H Company, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd 
Marine Division and earned a Bronze Star for valor during Operation 
Scotland II, when he led a rifle platoon in South Vietnam that was 
ambushed on December 11, 1968, resulting in multiple casualties, and he 
rescued a wounded Marine;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III earned a Purple Heart after being wounded by enemy 
fire in April 1969 while leading his platoon to rescue fellow soldiers 
pinned down by the enemy;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III served as the aide-de-camp to Major General 
William K. Jones;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III earned Commendation Medals, a Combat Action 
Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal, the 
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, and the Republic of Vietnam 
Campaign Medal in recognition of his conduct and valor during combat;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III received his law degree from the University of 
Virginia School of Law in 1973 and then worked in private practice for 
the law firm Pilsbury and later for the law firm Hill and Barlow;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III served as a Federal prosecutor in the U.S. 
Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California from 1976 to 
1982, where he became the Chief of the Criminal Division;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III served as a Federal prosecutor in the U.S. 
Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, where he focused on 
corruption, money laundering, fraud, narcotics, and terrorism 
investigations and prosecutions;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III joined the Department of Justice in 1989 and in 
1990 was appointed as the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal 
Division, overseeing the investigations and prosecutions of Panamanian 
leader Manuel Noriega, Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, and the 
Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III briefly returned to private practice at the law 
firm Hale & Dorr but then returned to public service as a senior 
prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia's 
homicide division in 1995, where he prosecuted homicide cases in the 
capital of the United States;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III was then appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the 
Northern District of California from 1998 to 2001 and served as the 
Acting Deputy Attorney General in 2001;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III served as the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation (referred to in this preamble as the ``FBI'') from 2001 
to 2013, when in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, he worked 
to transform the FBI into an agency capable of embracing its growing 
counterterrorism and intelligence mission;
Whereas, in 2014, Robert S. Mueller III again returned to private practice at 
WilmerHale, and later returned in 2019 until his retirement from the 
firm in 2021;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III was awarded the 2016 Sylvanus Thayer Award, the 
highest honor bestowed upon non-graduates by the West Point Association 
of Graduates, for his commitment to service and his accomplishments that 
honor West Point's core values;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III was appointed Special Counsel for the Department 
of Justice on May 17, 2017, a position in which he oversaw an 
investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in a 
United States election;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III died on March 20, 2026, after a remarkable life 
dedicated to serving his country and fellow man; and
Whereas Robert S. Mueller III is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Ann, 
his beloved daughters and his cherished grandchildren: Now, therefore, 
be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) honors the life and legacy of Robert Swan Mueller III a 
distinguished combat veteran and life-long public servant who 
dedicated his life to honoring the values of honor, courage, 
and commitment that are central to the United States Marine 
Corps;
(2) commends Robert S. Mueller III for his commitment to 
the rule of law and to defending the Constitution of the United 
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
(3) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to his 
family; and
(4) requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an 
enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Robert S. 
Mueller III.
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