[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 339 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 339

          Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mayo Clinic.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 27, 2014

 Mr. Franken (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Rubio, and Ms. Baldwin) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
               on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
          Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mayo Clinic.

Whereas Dr. William Worrall Mayo first announced his plans to establish a 
        medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota, on January 27, 1864;
Whereas 2014 marks 150 years of Mayo Clinic providing continuous, quality 
        service to patients;
Whereas the Mayo Clinic model of integrated, high-quality health care has become 
        an international model for providing health care;
Whereas the many historic achievements of Mayo Clinic include--

    (1) developing the first integrated, multi-specialty practice of 
medicine;

    (2) creating the first anti-blackout suits for military pilots during 
World War II;

    (3) winning the Nobel Prize in 1950 for discovering cortisone;

    (4) developing a DNA test that detects anthrax in less than 1 hour; and

    (5) continuing a tradition of helping individuals in the most need of 
help, including by deploying medical teams to earthquake-stricken Haiti;

Whereas Mayo Clinic continues to value compassion, integrity, quality, and 
        innovation in its leadership around the world; and
Whereas Mayo Clinic is considered a premiere global center of health and healing 
        dedicated to medical care, research, and education: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate commemorates the 150th anniversary of 
Mayo Clinic.
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