[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S8418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 255--RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING THE LONG DISTANCE 
RUNS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN 2007 AND 
THE UNITED STATES IN 2008 TO PROMOTE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF 
                      CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES

  Mr. ISAKSON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 255

       Whereas, in 1984, American long distance runner Stan 
     Cottrell of Tucker, Georgia, was welcomed into the People's 
     Republic of China where he completed the 2,125-mile Great 
     Friendship Run along the Great Wall of China in 53 days, an 
     event which was chronicled in the international press and 
     serves as a sign of international friendship;
       Whereas those involved in the Great Friendship Run over 2 
     decades ago are committed to running again to revisit the 
     experience and to promote friendship between the peoples of 
     China and the United States;
       Whereas in China, a 2,200-mile run from the Great Wall of 
     China to Hong Kong will take place October 15 to December 15, 
     2007;
       Whereas in the United States, a 4,000-mile relay style run 
     from San Francisco, California, to the United States Capitol 
     Building in Washington, D.C., will take place May 7 to June 
     20, 2008, and cross the continent; and
       Whereas 3 Chinese long distance runners will participate 
     with Stan Cottrell and others in the run to take place in the 
     United States: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and supports the long 
     distance runs that will take place in the People's Republic 
     of China in 2007 and the United States in 2008 to promote 
     friendship between the peoples of China and the United 
     States.

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