[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9072-9073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE 13TH ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS 
                               FOOD DRIVE

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, I ask unanimous 
consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further 
consideration of S. Res. 133, and that the Senate then proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 133) recognizing the 13th Annual 
     National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution and preamble be agreed to en bloc that the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc and that any statements 
relating to the resolution be printed in the Record, with no 
intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 133) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 133

       Whereas in 2003, 3,900,000 men, women, and children went 
     hungry every day, a troubling statistic that has steadily 
     increased in recent years;
       Whereas 23,000,000 men and women and more than 9,000,000 
     children rely on food banks to survive every year;
       Whereas in 1992, the National Association of Letter 
     Carriers recognized this crisis and began the ``Stamping Out 
     Hunger'' national food drive;
       Whereas 1,400 National Association of Letter Carriers 
     branches in more than 10,000 cities in all 50 States have 
     collected millions of pounds of food every year since 1992;
       Whereas in 2004, the National Association of Letter 
     Carriers collected a record-breaking 70,900,000 pounds of 
     food;
       Whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers 
     provides desperately needed resources to food banks in the 
     spring and summer months, the time when donations levels are 
     at their lowest;
       Whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers has 
     created much needed bridges between its hard working members, 
     residents in their communities, and those in need;
       Whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers Food 
     Drive will take place on May 14, 2005;
       Whereas the National Association of Letter Carriers will 
     send nearly 150,000,000 postcards to postal customers to urge 
     donations for the Food Drive; and
       Whereas letter carriers will be collecting food, as well as 
     mail, at mailboxes across the country, performing their daily 
     job, and collecting food for the hungry, come rain or shine: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates the members of the National Association 
     of Letter Carriers for their hard work on behalf of the 
     millions of people who go hungry each day; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to follow 
     the example of the members of the National Association of 
     Letter Carriers by donating food to local food banks and 
     participating in the National Association of Letter Carriers 
     Food Drive on May 14, 2005, by placing nonperishable food by 
     their mailboxes.

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