[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4618-S4621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-348. A resolution adopted by the Board of County 
     Commissioners of Douglas County of the State of Nebraska 
     expressing its opposition to any cutback of the National 
     Institute of Correction's budget; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       POM-349. A resolution adopted by the Bakersfield City 
     Council of the State of California expressing the Council's 
     support of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       POM-350. A resolution adopted by the City Council of the 
     City of Taft of the State of California expressing its 
     support of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; to 
     the Committee on the Judiciary.
       POM-351. A joint resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Maine urging Congress to stop 
     gasoline price manipulation and to close the Enron loophole; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

                            Joint Resolution

       Whereas, energy prices are reaching an all-time high in the 
     United States and its citizens are especially hard hit in the 
     State of

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     Maine, as our cold winters are long and many of our citizens 
     use petroleum products to heat their homes; and
       Whereas, diesel fuel prices for Maine truckers are causing 
     severe economic hardship for this hardworking industry and 
     gasoline fuel prices continue to rise, causing financial 
     hardship to all Maine citizens; and
       Whereas, it is apparent to the United States Congress and 
     the citizens of Maine that some of the serious factors 
     causing the high prices are excessive trading, speculation 
     and, allegedly, manipulation of the commodities market; and
       Whereas, the United States Congress passed, in December 
     2000, at the behest of the American energy company Enron, 
     what is known as ``the Enron Loophole'' as part of the 
     Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, Appendix E of 
     P.L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, and this loophole allows 
     electronic exchanges set up for large traders to operate 
     without any federal oversight; and
       Whereas, one of the fundamental purposes of futures 
     contracts is to provide price discovery, and those selling or 
     buying commodities in the spot market rely on futures prices 
     to judge amounts to charge or pay for a commodity; and
       Whereas, since the creation of the futures markets in the 
     agricultural context decades ago, it has been widely 
     understood that, unless properly regulated, the markets may 
     distort the economic fundamental of price discovery through 
     excessive speculation, fraud or manipulation, and the federal 
     Commodity Exchange Act has long been praised as preventing 
     those economic abuses; and
       Whereas, a recent bipartisan United States Senate report, 
     ``The Role of Market Speculation in Rising Oil and Gas 
     Prices: The Need to Put the Cop Back on the Beat,'' stated 
     that as much as 25% of the cost of a barrel of crude oil may 
     be due to the cost of speculation and profiteering taking 
     place in these unregulated commodities markets; and
       Whereas, this speculation and profiteering unfairly causes 
     many Maine citizens to pay excessive fuel and gas prices: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That We, your Memorialists, on behalf of the 
     people we represent, respectfully and strongly urge and 
     request that the United States Congress rein in this 
     excessive energy commodities speculation and enact meaningful 
     reforms of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, 
     including closing ``the Enron Loophole''; and be it further
       Resolved, That suitable copies of this resolution, duly 
     authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to 
     President of the United States Senate and to the Speaker of 
     the United States House of Representatives, and to each 
     Member of the Maine Congressional Delegation.
                                  ____

       POM-352. A resolution adopted by the State Board of 
     Education of the State of Mississippi urging Congress to 
     support the passage of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
     Self-Determination Act; to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources.

                               Resolution

       Whereas, in December 2000, the Secure Rural Schools and 
     Community Self-Determination Act, a Federal act, was signed 
     into law; and
       Whereas, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
     Determination Act provides federal funds to school districts 
     with national forest lands located within the school 
     districts boundaries; and
       Whereas, 36 school districts have substantial tracts of 
     land in public ownership which can neither be developed nor 
     taxed to generate revenue from economic activity or taxation; 
     and
       Whereas, these school districts have United States National 
     Forests within its boundaries and have received critical 
     funds for schools based on revenues generated from these 
     forests; and
       Whereas, the payments provided to these school districts 
     have been a consistent and necessary source of funding for 
     the schools, teachers and students; and
       Whereas, in December 2007, the United States Congress 
     removed the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and 
     Community Self-Determination Act from the Energy Legislation 
     to which it was attached. This legislation was subsequently 
     passed and signed into law without reauthorization for the 
     Secure Rural and Community Self-Determination Act; and
       Whereas, the funding provided through the Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act will 
     significantly contribute to the local economy of these school 
     districts by providing the necessary funds for schools and 
     roads, which is vital for sustained economic development; and 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act; and
       Whereas, these school districts depend on the funding from 
     the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
     and unless the funding is secured through legislation as 
     deemed appropriate by the Mississippi congressional 
     delegation, these school districts will lose critical funding 
     that it has received for decades: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the state board of education of the state of 
     Mississippi, That we, the members of the State Board of 
     Education of the State of Mississippi, respectfully request 
     that the United States Congress pass the Secure Rural Schools 
     and Community Self-Determination Act so that these 
     Mississippi school districts may continue to adequately 
     maintain schools and sustain economic development in the 
     state. Be it further
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the State Board of 
     Education is directed to transmit copies of this resolution 
     to President George W. Bush, the Secretary of the United 
     States Senate, the Clerk of the United States House of 
     Representatives, the Governor of the State of Mississippi, 
     each member of the, Mississippi congressional delegation, the 
     Executive Director of the National Association of State 
     Boards of Education, and that copies be made available to 
     members of the Capitol Press Corps.
                                  ____

       POM-353. A resolution adopted by the Georgia State Senate 
     urging Congress to withdraw the U.S. from the Security and 
     Prosperity Partnership of North America and any other 
     agreement that seeks the economic merger of the U.S. with any 
     other country; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

                       Senate Resolution No. 827

       Whereas, President George W. Bush announced the formation 
     of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America 
     with the nations of Mexico and Canada on March 23, 2005; and
       Whereas, at a news conference on the same day, President 
     Bush said: ``So that the vision that you asked about in your 
     question as to what kind of union might there be, I see one 
     based upon free trade, that would then entail commitment to 
     markets and democracy, transparency, rule of law''; and
       Whereas, the gradual evolution of a North American 
     partnership into some ``kind of union'' or economic merger; 
     of the United States, Mexico, and Canada would be a direct 
     threat to the Constitution and national independence of the 
     United States and would imply an eventual end to national 
     borders within North America; and
       Whereas, on March 31, 2006, President Bush at Cancun, 
     Mexico, celebrated the fIrst anniversary of the Security and 
     Prosperity Partnership, confirmed by a White House news 
     release on that same date; and
       Whereas, this trilateral partnership to develop any kind of 
     North American merger has never been presented to Congress as 
     an agreement or treaty and has had virtually no congressional 
     oversight; and
       Whereas, state and local governments throughout the United 
     States would be negatively impacted by the Security and 
     Prosperity Partnership of North America process, such as the 
     ``open borders'' vision of the Security and Prosperity 
     Partnership, eminent domain takings of private property along 
     planned superhighways, and increased law enforcement problems 
     along those superhighways: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate that the members of this body urge 
     the United States Congress, especially the congressional 
     delegation from Georgia, to use all its efforts, energies, 
     and diligence to withdraw the United States from any further 
     participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of 
     North America and any similar bilateral or multilateral 
     activity, however named, that seeks to advance, authorize, or 
     fund or in any way promote the creation of any structure or 
     relationship to accomplish any form of North American 
     integration or merger. Be it further
       Resolved that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and 
     directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution 
     to Vice President Dick Cheney, Speaker of the United States 
     House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and each member of the 
     Georgia congressional delegation.
                                  ____

       POM-354. A resolution adopted by the Senate of the State of 
     Massachusetts urging Congress to encourage Turkey to respect 
     the religious rights of all people; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.

                               Resolution

       Whereas, the Theological School of Halki, located on the 
     Island of Heybeliada in the Republic of Turkey, was preceded 
     by the Monastery of the Trinity and was characterized as a 
     stadium of wisdom because of its library and those drawn to 
     study on its premises; and
       Whereas, the Monastery was rebuilt and rededicated on 
     September 23, 1844, as an Orthodox School of theology, which 
     nurtured educators and scholars from around the world for 127 
     years and served the needs of the international academic 
     community; and
       Whereas, the Theological School of Halki, labeled as a 
     seminary, was closed in 1971 by turkish authorities pursuant 
     to a law requiring higher education and military training to 
     be controlled by the Turkish State; and
       Whereas, Turkish law further requires that the ecumenical 
     patriarch of the Orthodox Church and all clergy, faculty and 
     students of the Theological School of Halki be citizens of 
     turkey, a requirement that greatly obstructs the prosperity 
     of religious institutions; and
       Whereas, before its closure, the Theological School of 
     Halki was the only educational institution for Orthodox 
     Christian leadership in Turkey; and
       Whereas, strict limitations have been imposed by the 
     turkish government that restrict access to the school's 
     library, a collection of some of the rarest and most precious 
     works in the world; and
       Whereas, because of these limitations, people are prevented 
     from conducting meaningful scholarly research; and
       Whereas, the ecumenical patriarchate in Turkey, where the 
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     Christian Orthodox Church was established, is the spiritual 
     center for more than 300,000,000 Orthodox Christians 
     worldwide, including approximately 5,000,000 Orthodox 
     Christians in the United States and 150,000 Orthodox 
     Christians in the commonwealth; and
       Whereas, the closure of the Theological School of Halki has 
     adversely impacted the ecumenical patriarchate's ability to 
     educate its clergy and, ultimately, to select its next 
     ecumenical patriarch; and
       Whereas,, the closure has come to symbolize repression of 
     religious freedom for all faiths in Turkey; and
       Whereas, freedom of religion has long been recognized as a 
     right which has contributed significantly to the 
     establishment and growth of the citizens of the commonwealth 
     and is central to the ideals of all people: Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved, That the Massachusetts Senate hereby memorializes 
     the President of the United States, the Congress of the 
     United States and the United States Department of State to 
     take all actions necessary to encourage the Government of 
     Turkey to adopt and uphold international standards for the 
     protection of human rights, to reopen the Theological School 
     of Halki in order to continue religious training, to 
     eliminate all forms of discrimination in accordance with the 
     ideals associated with the European Union, its member states 
     and all liberal democracies, particularly those based on race 
     and religion, and to respect the human rights and property of 
     the ecumenical patriarchate by safeguarding religious freedom 
     for all; and be it further
       Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted 
     forthwith by the clerk of the Senate to the President of the 
     United States, the Secretary of State of the United States 
     and the Presiding Officer of each branch of Congress and to 
     the members thereof from the commonwealth.
                                  ____

       POM-355. A resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Louisiana urging Congress to 
     take such actions as are necessary to create a national 
     catastrophe fund; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.

                        House Resolution No. 30

       Whereas, the hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 were 
     startling reminders of both the human and economic 
     devastation that hurricanes, flooding, and other natural 
     disasters can cause; and
       Whereas, creation of a federal catastrophe fund is a 
     comprehensive, integrated approach to help better prepare and 
     protect the nation from natural catastrophes, such as 
     hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, snowstorms, and 
     earthquakes; and
       Whereas, the current system of responses to catastrophes 
     leaves many people and businesses at risk of being unable to 
     replace what they lost, wastes tax dollars, raises insurance 
     premiums, and leads to shortages of insurance needed to 
     sustain our economy; and
       Whereas, creation of a federal catastrophe fund would help 
     stabilize insurance markets following a catastrophe and help 
     steady insurance costs for consumers while making it possible 
     for private insurance to be written in catastrophe-prone 
     areas; and
       Whereas, a portion of the premiums collected by insurance 
     companies could be deposited into such a fund which could be 
     administered by the United States Treasury and grow tax free; 
     and
       Whereas, a portion of the interest earnings of the fund 
     could be dedicated to emergency responder efforts and public 
     education and mitigation programs; and
       Whereas, the federal catastrophe fund would operate as a 
     ``backstop'' and could only be accessed when private insurers 
     and state catastrophe funds have paid losses in excess of a 
     defined threshold; and
       Whereas, utilizing the capacity of the federal government 
     would help smooth out fluctuations which consumers currently 
     experience in insurance prices and availability because of 
     exposure to large catastrophic losses and would provide 
     better protection at a lower price; and
       Whereas, when there is a gap between the insurance 
     protection consumers buy and the damage caused by a major 
     catastrophe, taxpayers across the country pay much of the 
     difference, as congressional appropriations of billions of 
     dollars for the after-the-fact disaster relief in the 
     aftermath of Hurricane Katrina demonstrated; and
       Whereas, on November 8, 2007, the United States House of 
     Representatives passed the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007 
     (H.R. 3355) that would help ensure that individuals and 
     communities destroyed by natural catastrophes have the 
     resources necessary to repair, rebuild, and recover in the 
     aftermath of massive hurricanes, earthquakes, or other 
     natural events; and
       Whereas, the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007 was sponsored 
     by Florida Representatives Ron Klein, Tim Mahoney, and Ginny 
     Brown-Waite and nearly four dozen cosponsors from around the 
     country including then Congressman Bobby Jindal, now governor 
     of the state of Louisiana; and
       Whereas, the Senate should pass similar legislation that 
     will integrate the approach of H.R. 3355 with H.R. 91, which 
     includes the Consumer Hurricane and Earthquake Loss 
     Protection Fund and earlier legislative initiatives that will 
     include the Consumer HELP Fund. Therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the 
     Legislature of Louisiana does hereby memorialize the United 
     States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to 
     create a national catastrophe fund; be it further
       Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to 
     the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives of the Congress of the United States of 
     America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional 
     delegation.
                                  ____

       POM-356. A resolution adopted by the Legislature of the 
     State of Nebraska urging Congress to continue its efforts to 
     account for all of the missing people from the Vietnam War; 
     to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

                     Legislative Resolution No. 376

       Whereas, the official United States military dates for the 
     Vietnam War are August 5, 1964, to January 27, 1973; and
       Whereas, over 3,403,000 people served in the United States 
     military in Southeast Asia; and
       Whereas, over 2,594,000 people served in the United States 
     military in South Vietnam; and
       Whereas, over 58,209 people from the United States died as 
     a result of the war in Southeast Asia and Vietnam from 
     November 1, 1955, the commencement of the military Assistance 
     Advisory Group, to May 15, 1975, when the last United States 
     military member left Southeast Asia; and
       Whereas, over 396 Nebraskans died as a result of the 
     Vietnam War; and
       Whereas, over 94 Omaha residents died as a result of the 
     Vietnam War, including the following:
       Name, Service, Date of Death or Date Declared Dead
       Adolf, Larry Eugene, USMC, May 9, 1968
       Anderson, Warren Charles, ARMY, August, 15, 1970
       Backhaus, Steven Eugene, USMC, December 21, 1969
       Bailey, Allen Charles, USMC, March 4, 1966
       Bailey, Byrle Bennett, USMC, May 25, 1969
       Barney, Terence Edward, USMC, March 17, 1969
       Bazar, Paul Thomas, USMC, April 21, 1969
       Becker, Michael Paul, USMC, June 7, 1968
       Bigley, Richard Ray, USMC, November 22, 1965
       Biscamp, Marvin Lynn, ARMY, April 12, 1972
       Bosiljevac, Michael Joseph, USAF, Unknown date, 1978
       Bragg, Paul Joseph, USMC, July 15, 1969
       Buckles, Donald Ray, ARMY, January 28, 1968
       Bull, Kenneth R., ARMY, April 17, 1969
       Caldwell, Larry Gail, ARMY, May 9, 1968
       Cole, Muril Steven, USMC, October 1, 1969
       Crayne, Kenneth Eugene, ARMY, December 1, 1970
       Cunningham, Richard Ira, ARMY, April 27, 1969
       Davis, John Clinton, ARMY, April 28, 1969
       Doolittle, Jon Hiliare, ARMY, May 6, 1970
       Farrell, Timothy Charles, ARMY, February 11, 1970
       Flournoy, James Kaiser, USMC, March 31, 1968
       Foley, James Williams, ARMY, January 26, 1968
       Fous, James William, ARMY, May 14, 1968
       Garcia, Jerry Frank, USMC, April 17, 1968
       Gerry, Ronald Lee, ARMY, January 5, 1966
       Goc, Paul Stephen Jr., ARMY, June 14, 1969
       Griffin, Gerald Charles, NAVY, October 6, 1962
       Gronborg, Martin Wayne Jr., ARMY, September 4, 1971
       Haakenson, Robert W. Jr., NAVY, October 24, 1972
       Hansen, Robert Greg, ARMY, August 7, 1970
       Hiley, Thomas Charles, ARMY, January 31, 1968
       Hunter, Henry David, ARMY, July 8, 1969
       Iler, Kenneth Marvin, USMC, May 29, 1968
       Jackson, Eddie Lee Jr., ARMY, November 4, 1968
       Johnson, Gary Lee, ARMY, June 18, 1971
       Johnson, Lane Carston, ARMY, November 11, 1968
       Kavulak, John Henry, USMC, September 21, 1967
       Keith, Miguel, USMC, May 8, 1970
       Keller, Kenneth Lavern, ARMY, February 11, 1970
       Kelley, Harvey Paul, ARMY, November 20, 1969
       Kier, Larry Gene, ARMY, September 12, 1978
       Klabunde, Arthur John Jr., USMC, January 25, 1968
       Klabunde, John Paul, USMC, September 6, 1967
       Kocanda, Jerry Joseph III, ARMY, May 21, 1969
       Konwinski, Ronald Eugene, USMC, February 6, 1968
       Kotrc, James Carl, ARMY, July 29, 1969
       Kudlacek, Edwin Allen, ARMY, September 28, 1971
       Laird, James Alan, ARMY, October 31, 1970
       Lambooy, John Patrick, ARMY, September 19, 1969
       Lamere, Anthony John, ARMY, July 1, 1971
       Leighton, Earl Laroy, NAVY, January 17, 1969
       Luedke, William, ARMY, October 28, 1968
       Marchand, Wayne Ellsworth, ARMY, April 8, 1962
       Marsh, Alan Richard, ARMY, June 2, 1967
       Maxwell, Samuel Chapman, USAF, June 21, 1978
       McAllister, Cameron Trent, ARMY, September 7, 1969
       Mickna, John Ronald, ARMY, February 23, 1967

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       Moore, Daniel Eugene Jr., NAVY, February 22, 1967
       Morrison, James Anton, ARMY, September 12, 1967
       Mueller, Steven Wayne, USMC, December 22, 1967
       Murphy, John Patrick, ARMY, July 22, 1968
       Nachtigall, David Joseph, ARMY, February 23, 1970
       Oonk, Lester Eugene, USAF, August 13, 1970
       Perrin, Richard Thomas, ARMY, June 27, 1966
       Pinegar, William Dennis, ARMY, October 6, 1965
       Poese, Nigel Frederick, ARMY, March 20, 1969
       Radil, Ronald Ludwig, ARMY, October 14, 1967
       Ross, Milton Alan, ARMY, February 9, 1969
       Salyards, Patrick John, USMC, December 9, 1966
       Sanders, Mack Royal, ARMY, May 12, 1966
       Sandstedt, Daniel Joseph, ARMY, June 19, 1967
       Schmidt, Gary Russell, ARMY, September 25, 1967
       Shelton, Craig Stephen, USMC, January 25, 1967
       Shrader, Harold William, ARMY, August 9, 1965
       Shuey, Glenn Colin, USMC, December 20, 1969
       Skavaril, Thomas Joseph, ARMY, January 5, 1968
       Smith, Michael Francis, ARMY, April 28, 1968
       Smith, Paul Richard, ARMY, July 6, 1963
       Smith, Thomas Leroy, ARMY, September 11, 1969
       Sobolik, Karl David, USAF, November 26, 1966
       Solomon, Wilfred L. Sr., ARMY, February 8, 1968
       Spencer, Frank III, ARMY, January 23, 1970
       Stolinski, James Francis, ARMY, March 26, 1968
       Straus, Allen Arthur, ARMY, May 6, 1968
       Utts, William Warner, ARMY, March 19, 1969
       Waite, Donald Steven, ARMY, February 9, 1968
       Wigton, Philip Gregory, USMC, May 9, 1968
       Wilkinson, Harland Lyle, ARMY, September 26, 1969
       Wilson, Michael Joseph, USMC, May 12, 1967
       Wojtkiewicz, Ronald Joseph, ARMY, April 10, 1968
       Wolf, Jack Morse, ARMY, March 28, 1968
       Zabrowski, Louis, ARMY, December 27, 1969
       Ziehe, Gerald Dean, USAF, October 21, 1968; and
       Whereas, at least 1,763 United States military service 
     members serving in Southeast Asia remain unaccounted for, 
     including the following 19 from Nebraska:
       Name, Service, Hometown, Date of Incident
       Biber, Gerald Mack, ARMY, Benkelman, April 22, 1961
       Booze, Delmar George, USMC, Papillion, January 24, 1966
       Brennan, Herbert Owen, USAF, O'Neill, November 26, 1967
       Brenning, Richard David, NAVY, Lincoln, July 26, 1969
       Confer, Michael Steele, NAVY, McCook, October 10, 1966
       Cordova, Robert James, NAVY, Boys Town, January 27, 1968
       Grella, Donald Carroll, ARMY, Laurel, December 28, 1965
       Kahler, Harold, USAF, Lincoln, June 14, 1969
       Klingner, Michael Lee, USAF, McCook, April 6, 1970
       Magers, Paul Gerald, ARMY, Sidney, June 1, 1971
       Ogden, Howard Jr., USMC, Omaha, October 18, 1967
       Robinson, Larry Warren, USMC, Randolph, January 5, 1970
       Scheurich, Thomas Edwin, NAVY, Norfolk, March 1, 1968
       Smiley, Stanley Kutz, NAVY, Sidney, July 20, 1969
       Sprick, Doyle, USMC, Fort Calhoun, January 24, 1966
       Stafford, Ronald Dean, USAF, Oxford, November 21, 1972
       Stark, Willie E., ARMY, Omaha, December 2, 1966
       Thomas. Daniel W., USAF, Danbury, July 6, 1971
       Zich, Larry Alfred, ARMY, Lincoln, April 3, 1972; and
       Whereas, at least 150,332 of the United States military 
     service members were wounded during their service in 
     Southeast Asia; and
       Whereas, countless numbers returned home with physical and 
     psychological injuries, including post-traumatic stress 
     disorder (PTSD), that were not treated; and
       Whereas, countless numbers remain homeless and in despair: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, by the members of the one hundredth legislature 
     of Nebraska, second session:
       1. That the Legislature urges the President of the United 
     States and the United States Congress to continue efforts to 
     account for all of the missing people from the Vietnam War, 
     return any remains to their families, and continue to improve 
     efforts to aid homeless, drug-dependent, and wounded 
     veterans, including those afflicted with post-traumatic 
     stress disorder.
       2. That the Legislature acknowledges that, in the past, a 
     less than grateful attitude was shown towards Vietnam 
     Veterans and now belatedly recognizes their service, 
     sacrifice, and suffering.
       3. That the Legislature hereby commemorates the thirty-
     fifth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and the 
     twenty-fifth anniversary of the healing Vietnam Veterans 
     Memorial in Washington, DC, by extending to all those who 
     served in Southeast Asia and in Vietnam a long overdue, 
     ``Welcome Home, Vietnam Veteran, Welcome Home!''.
       4. That the Clerk of the Legislature send a copy of this 
     resolution to the President of the United States, the 
     President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the 
     United States House of Representatives, and to the United 
     States Congressional delegation representing the State of 
     Nebraska.

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