[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 375 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 375

  Honoring United Parcel Service and its 100 years of commitment and 
                    leadership in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2007

Mr. Westmoreland (for himself, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
  Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. 
Linder, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Scott of 
Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring United Parcel Service and its 100 years of commitment and 
                    leadership in the United States.

Whereas United Parcel Service (in this resolution referred to as ``UPS'') 
        provides solutions that connect the flow of goods, funds, and 
        information in the United States to more than 200 countries through its 
        expansive transportation network, thus truly synchronizing global 
        commerce;
Whereas, in 1907, James E. ``Jim'' Casey borrowed $100 from a friend to found 
        the American Messenger Company in Seattle, Washington;
Whereas Jim and his partner, Claude Ryan, focused on providing the best service 
        and lowest rates to launch what would become the world's largest package 
        delivery service;
Whereas, in 1913, the American Messenger Company acquired its first delivery 
        car, a Model T Ford, merged with competitor Evert ``Mac'' McCabe, and 
        selected the name Merchants Parcel Delivery;
Whereas, in 1919, Merchants Parcel Delivery made its first expansion beyond 
        Seattle to Oakland, California, and adopted its present name, United 
        Parcel Service;
Whereas, in 1929, UPS became the first package delivery company to provide air 
        service;
Whereas, during the Second World War, UPS still continued to grow by expanding 
        employment opportunities to, and capitalizing on the talents of, women 
        in the workforce;
Whereas, in 1975, UPS forged the ``Golden Link'', becoming the first package 
        delivery company to serve every address in the continental United States 
        and began its first operations outside the United States in Ontario, 
        Canada;
Whereas, in 1982, UPS established next day air service operations from 
        Louisville, Kentucky, its hub airport;
Whereas, in 1992, UPS was delivering to more than 200 countries and territories, 
        touching 4,000,000,000 of the world's 6,000,000,000 people;
Whereas, in 1993, the UPS Logistics Group, known today as UPS Supply Chain 
        Solutions, was established to provide global supply chain management 
        solutions;
Whereas, in 1999, UPS adopted a new corporate charter, expanding the company's 
        view of its role of enabling global commerce and became a public 
        company, in what at the time was the largest initial public offering in 
        the history of the New York Stock Exchange;
Whereas, in 2001, UPS acquired Mail Boxes Etc., a worldwide franchisor of 
        independently owned and operated shipping centers and named the newly 
        formed company The UPS Store in 2003;
Whereas, in 2004, UPS acquired Menlo Worldwide Forwarding and, in 2005, 
        purchased the Overnite Corporation to continue serving the diverse 
        logistics needs of its customers;
Whereas UPS has earned numerous awards for its outstanding business practices, 
        including the following most recent accolades: the 2006 Harris 
        Interactive RQSM survey ranking UPS as the Nation's top company for 
        people's ``trust in the company''; America's most socially responsible 
        company by Fortune magazine, Hispanic Business magazine; as one of the 
        top companies in the world for Hispanics in the workforce; Black 
        Enterprise magazine's list of the ``40 Best Companies for Diversity''; 
        and the Clean Air Excellence Award of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency that cited UPS's alternative fuel program under which the UPS 
        ``Green Fleet'' recently passed the 100,000,000 mile mark;
Whereas UPS plays a significant role in philanthropic leadership in the United 
        States through such activities as the following: raising $59,300,000 in 
        2006 for the United Way and being recognized as a top donor of the 
        United Way for 7 straight years; the UPS Foundation: the Annie E. Casey 
        Foundation; Casey Family Services; Casey Family Programs; neighbor-to-
        neighbor volunteerism (in which UPS employees organize food drives, work 
        in soup kitchens, mentor troubled youth and help to improve impoverished 
        communities across the United States); partnering with the United Negro 
        College Fund and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund; UPS Community Internship 
        Program;
Whereas UPS employs over 427,000 employees, operates the world's largest package 
        delivery network, operates the world's eighth largest airline, utilizes 
        almost 92,000 vehicles, offers traditional and nontraditional financial 
        services and insurance products through UPS Capital, extends UPS's 
        capabilities to help customers move goods of all sizes through UPS 
        FreightSM, and offers an ever-expanding array of supply chain services 
        that include UPS Mail Innovations;
Whereas, over the past 100 years, UPS has gone through many transformations, 
        growing from a small messenger company to a leading provider of air, 
        ocean, ground, and electronic services while remaining ever true to its 
        humble origins; and
Whereas UPS maintains its reputation for integrity, reliability, employee 
        ownership, and customer service: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes United Parcel Service's role in the global 
        transportation system as the world's largest package delivery 
        company; and
            (2) celebrates United Parcel Service's 100th anniversary.
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