[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4787-4788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNITION OF THE 91ST MEETING OF THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Con. 
Res. 97, and the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The assistant journal clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution recognizing the 91st annual meeting 
     of The Garden Club of America.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that

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the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements 
relating to this matter be printed in the Record, with no intervening 
action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 97) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 97

       Whereas The Garden Club of America is holding its 91st 
     annual meeting in Washington, DC April 24 through 27, 2004;
       Whereas The Garden Club of America has 195 member clubs in 
     40 States and the District of Columbia, representing more 
     than 17,000 members;
       Whereas since its founding in 1913, The Garden Club of 
     America has become a recognized leader in the fields of 
     horticulture, conservation, historic preservation, and civic 
     improvement, and an influential organization in the 
     protection of America's environment; and
       Whereas in our Nation's Capital, The Garden Club of America 
     was instrumental in the founding of the National Arboretum, 
     the development of the Archives of American Gardens at the 
     Smithsonian Institution, and the creation and installation of 
     the Butterfly Habitat Garden which now graces The National 
     Mall at the National Museum of Natural History: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress commends The Garden Club of 
     America for the many contributions it has made in our 
     Nation's Capital and in communities across the United States, 
     and sends its best wishes on the occasion of its 91st annual 
     meeting in Washington, DC, April 24 through 27, 2004.

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