[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 89

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day should 
   be established as Dutch-American Friendship Day to celebrate the 
        historic ties of the United States and the Netherlands.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2007

 Mr. Hoekstra (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day should 
   be established as Dutch-American Friendship Day to celebrate the 
        historic ties of the United States and the Netherlands.

Whereas, 225 years ago, on the 19th of April, 1782 in the City of the Hague, the 
        Ambassadorial credentials of John Adams were officially recognized by 
        Prince William V of Orange and the States-General, thus establishing 
        formal diplomatic ties between the new government of the United States 
        and the Republic of the Netherlands.
Whereas the historical ties between the Dutch and American people go back nearly 
        200 years earlier to the period when the Pilgrims resided for almost 11 
        years in the Netherlands before sailing to the new world;
Whereas the diplomatic ties between the governments of the United States and the 
        Netherlands are the longest continuous ties between the United States 
        and any country of the world;
Whereas the Dutch contribution to the American melting pot has played such a 
        significant role in the life of America as exemplified by Presidents 
        Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt;
Whereas the bonds of friendship linking the Dutch and American people continue 
        to grow in strength and affection; and
Whereas the heritage of this friendship between peoples serves as a laudable 
        example for the kinds of relations that should link all the peoples of 
        the earth and should be properly extolled: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that a day should be established as Dutch-American Friendship Day to 
celebrate the historic ties of the United States and the Netherlands.
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