[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S1976]
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-6. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature 
     of the State of West Virginia urging the United States 
     Congress to oppose any action to reduce funding for Community 
     Service Block Grants; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.

                  Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 37

       Whereas, Community Service Block Grants (CSBG) are a 
     critical source of funding for Community Action Agencies 
     across the country; and
       Whereas, Community Action Agencies provide housing, 
     nutrition, health care, education and weatherization programs 
     to low-income families, equipping them with the tools they 
     need to become successful members of society; and
       Whereas, West Virginia has sixteen Community Action 
     Agencies that employ 2,180 individuals; and
       Whereas, our sixteen Community Action Agencies serve all of 
     West Virginia's fifty-five counties; and
       Whereas, in 2009 close to 112,000 West Virginians, over 
     55,000 families, received services through Community Action 
     Agencies; and
       Whereas, Community Action Agencies are an essential 
     component of economic recovery, as their main objective is 
     the elimination of poverty; and
       Whereas, in 2009, West Virginia Community Action Agencies 
     leveraged $18,194,807 in Community Service Block Grants into 
     more than $90 million in additional resources for anti-
     poverty efforts in West Virginia; and
       Whereas, President Obama has proposed a fifty percent 
     reduction of Community Service Block Grants funding and made 
     the remaining funds competitive instead of continuing the 
     current allocation formula; Therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the 
     Legislature hereby urges the members of the West Virginia 
     Delegation to the United States Congress to oppose any action 
     by Congress or the President to reduce funding for Community 
     Service Block Grants; and, be it, further
       Resolved, That the Clerk of Senate is hereby directed o 
     forward a certified copy of this resolution to the President 
     and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and 
     Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, members 
     of the West Virginia Congressional Delegation and the 
     President of the United States.
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       POM-7. A joint resolution adopted by the House of 
     Representatives of the State of Colorado recognizing the 
     bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo and 
     designating January 23rd each year as ``U.S.S. Pueblo Day''; 
     to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                   House Joint Resolution No. 11-1005

       Whereas, the U.S.S. Pueblo was originally launched as a 
     United States Army cargo ship in 1944 but was transferred to 
     the United States Navy and renamed the U.S.S. Pueblo in 1966; 
     and
       Whereas, the U.S.S. Pueblo was named for the city of 
     Pueblo, Colorado, and the county of Pueblo, Colorado, and was 
     the third ship in the naval fleet to bear the name Pueblo; 
     and
       Whereas, after leaving Japan in early January 1968 on an 
     intelligence mission, the U.S.S. Pueblo was attacked by the 
     North Korean military on January 23, 1968; and
       Whereas, according to United States Naval authorities and 
     the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo, the ship was in international 
     waters at the time of the attack; and
       Whereas, one crew member of the U.S.S. Pueblo was killed 
     during the attack, and eighty crew members and two civilian 
     oceanographers were captured and held for eleven months by 
     the North Korean government; and
       Whereas, this year marks the forty-third anniversary of 
     North Korea's attack on the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew; and
       Whereas, the U.S.S. Pueblo is still in commission in the 
     United States Navy, but continues to be held by the North 
     Korean government and is currently a museum in Pyongyang, 
     North Korea; Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-
     eighth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate 
     concurring herein:
       (1) That we, the members of the General Assembly, recognize 
     the bravery and sacrifice of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo; 
     and
       (2) That we take pride in the fact that the U.S.S. Pueblo 
     bears the name of a city and a county in Colorado, and, 
     therefore, the citizens of Colorado should be aware of the 
     incident that occurred with the U.S.S. Pueblo forty-three 
     years ago; and
       (3) That we hereby designate January 23 each year as 
     ``U.S.S. Pueblo Day'' as a day to remember and honor the 
     brave crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo; be it further
       Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to 
     President Barack Obama, Governor John W. Hickenlooper, 
     President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate Daniel K. 
     Inouye, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 
     John Boehner, and the members of Colorado's congressional 
     delegation.

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