[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 185 (Thursday, October 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 426--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE SHOULD ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP 
   HONORING RALPH SAMUELSON, KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF WATERSKIING, TO 
   COMMEMORATE THE UPCOMING 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVENTION OF 
                              WATERSKIING

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Smith) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs:

                              S. Res. 426

       Whereas Ralph Samuelson invented waterskiing on Lake Pepin 
     in Lake City, Minnesota;
       Whereas the 100th anniversary of this historic event is 
     July 2, 2022;
       Whereas, as documented in letters of support from the USA 
     Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation, Ralph Samuelson was the 
     first person to successfully water-ski;
       Whereas this momentous event happened on July 2, 1922, on 
     Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, the hometown of Ralph 
     Samuelson;
       Whereas Lake Pepin is a picturesque 30-mile long, 3-mile 
     wide section of the Mississippi River that is 60 miles 
     southeast of the Twin Cities;
       Whereas a Sports Illustrated article dated August 10, 1987 
     also credited Mr. Samuelson as ``The Father of Waterskiing'' 
     and described him as a thrill-seeker who spent much of his 
     time on Lake Pepin; and
       Whereas waterskiing is a hugely popular sport enjoyed by 
     millions world-wide and those millions of people have Ralph 
     Samuelson to thank: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a 
     commemorative postage stamp honoring Ralph Samuelson, known 
     as the Father of Waterskiing, to commemorate the upcoming 
     100-year anniversary of the invention of waterskiing; and
       (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
     to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

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