[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 15 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S490]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 339--COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAYO 
                                 CLINIC

  Mr. FRANKEN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Rubio, and Ms. Baldwin) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                              S. Res. 339

       Whereas Dr. William Worrall Mayo first announced his plans 
     to establish a medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota on 
     January 27, 1864;
       Whereas 2014 marks 150 years of Mayo Clinic providing 
     continuous, quality service to patients;
       Whereas the Mayo Clinic model of integrated, high-quality 
     health care has become an international model for providing 
     health care;
       Whereas the many historic achievements of Mayo Clinic 
     include--
       (1) developing the first integrated, multi-specialty 
     practice of medicine;
       (2) creating the first anti-blackout suits for military 
     pilots during World War II;
       (3) winning the Nobel Prize in 1950 for discovering 
     cortisone;
       (4) developing a DNA test that detects anthrax in less than 
     1 hour; and
       (5) continuing a tradition of helping individuals in the 
     most need of help, including by deploying medical teams to 
     earthquake-stricken Haiti;
       Whereas Mayo Clinic continues to value compassion, 
     integrity, quality, and innovation in its leadership around 
     the world; and
       Whereas Mayo Clinic is considered a premiere global center 
     of health and healing dedicated to medical care, research, 
     and education: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate commemorates the 150th 
     anniversary of Mayo Clinic.

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