[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 178 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S12352]
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                          NATIONAL MINERS DAY

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 337 and 
that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 337) designating December 6, 2009, as 
     ``National Miners Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. CASEY. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements 
related to the resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 337) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 337

       Whereas the foundations of civilization are constructed 
     from, advanced by, and sustained with, the materials procured 
     with the sweat and blood of miners;
       Whereas the miners of the United States have labored long 
     and hard over our Nation's existence to make it the 
     economically strong, militarily secure Nation that it is 
     today;
       Whereas miners and their families have achieved, provided, 
     and sacrificed so much for the betterment of their fellow 
     Americans;
       Whereas miners have struggled, in their lives and in their 
     work, to obtain health and safety protections;
       Whereas the terrible mining tragedy at Monongah, West 
     Virginia, that occurred on December 6, 1907, is recognized 
     for causing the greatest loss of lives in American industrial 
     history, and this tragedy helped to launch the national 
     effort to secure the safety and health of our miners that 
     continues to this day; and
       Whereas miners still today risk life and limb in their 
     labors: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates December 6, 2009, as ``National Miners 
     Day'', in appreciation, honor, and remembrance of the 
     accomplishments and sacrifices of the miners of the Nation; 
     and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to 
     participate in local and national activities celebrating and 
     honoring the contributions of miners.

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