[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 287 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 287

   To commend Serena Williams on winning the 1999 U.S. Open Women's 
                   Singles and Doubles championships.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 1999

Ms. Carson (for herself, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mrs. Morella, Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Lewis 
of Georgia, Ms. Lee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Rangel, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rush, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
  Wynn, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Waters, Mr. Clay, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. 
Millender-McDonald, Ms. Berkley, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Clyburn, Mrs. Jones 
 of Ohio, Mr. Ford, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Owens, Mr. Bishop, 
 Mrs. Christensen, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Thompson 
  of Mississippi, Mr. Scott, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jackson of 
  Illinois, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Towns, and Mrs. Maloney of New 
  York) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   To commend Serena Williams on winning the 1999 U.S. Open Women's 
                   Singles and Doubles championships.

Whereas on September 11, 1999, Serena Williams captured the U.S. Open Women's 
        Singles title at age 17 in only her second year as a pro;
Whereas Serena Williams finished the singles final with big serves and 8 aces, 
        pushing her tournament total to 62, 40 more aces than any other player;
Whereas one day after winning the Singles title, Serena teamed with her sister 
        Venus to win the U.S. Open Women's Doubles title;
Whereas Serena and Venus Williams received their early training from their 
        father, Richard, a security agency owner with no formal tennis training, 
        on public tennis courts in and around Compton, a suburb of Los Angeles, 
        California;
Whereas upon beating the No. 1 and No. 2 seeded women professional tennis 
        players to capture the U.S. Open title, Serena Williams moved up in the 
        rankings from No. 6 to No. 4;
Whereas at 17 years old, Serena joins an elite class that includes Margaret 
        Court, Billie Jean King, and Martina Navratilova as the only women who 
        have won the Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles championships of the 
        U.S. Open in their career; and
Whereas Serena Williams is the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam 
        title since Althea Gibson in 1958: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives commends Serena 
Williams on winning the 1999 U.S. Women's Open Singles and Doubles 
championships.
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