[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 492 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 492

    Congratulating ``A Prairie Home Companion'' on its 40 years of 
           engaging, humorous, and quality radio programming.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2014

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Franken) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Congratulating ``A Prairie Home Companion'' on its 40 years of 
           engaging, humorous, and quality radio programming.

Whereas, for 40 years, ``A Prairie Home Companion'' has brought listeners from 
        around the country to the fantastic town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota;
Whereas, in 2014, ``A Prairie Home Companion'' is a 2 hour radio variety program 
        performed live that airs on Saturday afternoons ;
Whereas over 600 radio stations carry ``A Prairie Home Companion'' to 4,000,000 
        listeners each week;
Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' was created by and is hosted by a Grammy 
        Award winner who received the award in 1998 for ``Lake Wobegon Days'';
Whereas 12 people were in the audience for the first broadcast of ``A Prairie 
        Home Companion'' on July 6, 1974, at the Janet Wallace Auditorium at 
        Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota;
Whereas, in 2014, ``A Prairie Home Companion'' is broadcast from the Fitzgerald 
        Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a historic building that is over 100 
        years old and was named after United States citizen and author F. Scott 
        Fitzgerald;
Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' has won a Peabody Award;
Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' has broadcast from Canada, Ireland, 
        Scotland, England, Germany, Iceland, and nearly every State in the 
        United States;
Whereas ``A Prairie Home Companion'' inspired a movie by the same name, which 
        itself won 4 international awards; and
Whereas in Lake Wobegon all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, 
        and all the children are above average: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates--
                    (A) the cast and crew of ``A Prairie Home 
                Companion'' for 40 years of engaging, humorous, and 
                quality radio programming; and
                    (B) Minnesota Public Radio and American Public 
                Media for bringing ``A Prairie Home Companion'' into 
                the homes of millions for 40 years; and
            (2) directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit an 
        enrolled copy of this resolution to the creator and host of ``A 
        Prairie Home Companion''.
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