[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 566 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 566

   Celebrating the 125\th\ anniversary of the State of South Dakota.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2014

 Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Celebrating the 125\th\ anniversary of the State of South Dakota.

Whereas South Dakota joined the Union as a State on November 2, 1889;
Whereas South Dakota serves as a breadbasket for the United States and the 
        world;
Whereas the agriculture industry in South Dakota produces a $25,600,000,000 
        economic impact each year;
Whereas South Dakota is among the top 10 producers in the United States of 9 
        different crops;
Whereas South Dakota is among the top 10 producers in the United States in 5 
        different animal production areas;
Whereas South Dakota is a land of opportunity and free enterprise;
Whereas South Dakota consistently has one of the lowest unemployment rates in 
        the United States;
Whereas South Dakota has an outstanding system of education at every level, 
        teaching students to become leaders and innovators in a variety of 
        fields;
Whereas South Dakotans have gone on to serve proudly and in disproportionately 
        high numbers in the United States Armed Forces;
Whereas the USS South Dakota was commissioned in 1942 and valiantly served in 
        the Pacific during World War II;
Whereas South Dakota is honored to be home to 9 Native American tribes;
Whereas South Dakota boasts the highest mountains between the Appalachians and 
        the Rockies;
Whereas South Dakota supports environmental conservation as home to 6 National 
        parks;
Whereas people from all over the United States travel to South Dakota every year 
        to participate in an annual tradition of pheasant hunting that has 
        spurred tourism and economic growth and has maintained a heritage 
        important to South Dakotans for generations; and
Whereas South Dakota came to symbolize the commitment of the United States to 
        freedom and democracy by way of the world-famous Mount Rushmore: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate commends and celebrates South Dakota and 
its people on the State's 125\th\ anniversary.
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