[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5497]
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   SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF ST. TAMMANY DAY ON MAY 1, 2003

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate connection of S. Con. Res. 39 submitted 
earlier today by Senators Breaux and Landrieu.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 39) supporting the 
     goals and ideals of St. Tammany Day on May 1, 2003, as a 
     national day of recognition for Tamanend and the values he 
     represented.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
concurrent resolution and preamble be agreed to en bloc, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating 
thereto be printed in the Record, without intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 39) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 39

       Whereas in 1810, President James Madison declared the 
     Territory of West Florida to be a part of the Louisiana 
     Purchase, and in 1811, William C. C. Claiborne, the first 
     American territorial Governor of Louisiana, named the area 
     north of Lake Pontchartrain as ``St. Tammany Parish'' in 
     honor of the saintly Amerindian Tamanend, who was a sachem of 
     the Lenni Lenape;
       Whereas Tamanend is admired and respected for his virtues 
     of honesty, integrity, honor, fairness, justice, and equality 
     for the common person;
       Whereas in colonial times, May 1st was celebrated in honor 
     of Tamanend and the common person; and
       Whereas the St. Tammany Parish Council of St. Tammany 
     Parish, Louisiana, has passed a resolution designating May 1, 
     2003, as St. Tammany Day, and urging the reinstatement of May 
     1st as a national day of recognition for Tamanend and the 
     values he represented: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress supports the goals and ideals of 
     St. Tammany Day as a national day of recognition for Tamanend 
     and the values he represented.




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