Whereas Joseph D. Joe Tydings (referred to in this preamble as Joe Tydings ) entered the McDonough School as a military cadet in 1938; Whereas Joe Tydings served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1948, participating in the postwar occupation of Germany as a corporal of the Sixth Constabulary Regiment; Whereas Joe Tydings was elected in 1954 to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent Harford County, and served there until 1961; Whereas Joe Tydings was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 1961 to 1963; Whereas Joe Tydings worked hard to establish the nonpartisan reputation of the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and successfully prosecuted political corruption in the State of Maryland; Whereas in 1963 Joe Tydings represented the United States at the Interpol Conference in Helsinki, Finland, and at the International Penal Conference in Bellagio, Italy; Whereas Joe Tydings was elected in 1964 to represent the State of Maryland in the United States Senate; Whereas Joe Tydings served the United States Senate as the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the 91 st Congress; Whereas Joe Tydings authored legislation to make improvements to the Federal court system, many of which are still in place as of the date of adoption of this resolution; Whereas Joe Tydings was a progressive who championed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ( 52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) and the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); Whereas Joe Tydings demonstrated a duty to public service by committing to protect the civil rights of fellow citizens, safeguard the environment and public health, and reach across the aisle to find bipartisan solutions to pressing national problems; Whereas Joe Tydings was an avid and devoted horseman who— (1) authored the Horse Protection Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.), which penalizes the practice of soring horses