[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11586-11587]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 157--CONGRATULATING CARRIE UNDERWOOD FOR WINNING THE 
   ``AMERICAN IDOL'' TELEVISION PROGRAM AND THANKING HER FOR BEING A 
                          POSITIVE ROLE MODEL

  Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 157

       Whereas Carrie Underwood was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on 
     March 10, 1983, but Checotah, Oklahoma, lays complete claim 
     to her as a native;
       Whereas Carrie's parents are Stephen and Carole Underwood 
     of the Onapa area of Oklahoma;
       Whereas Carrie has two older sisters, Shanna Underwood 
     Means, who teaches in Liberty Mounds, Oklahoma, and Stephanie 
     Underwood Shelton, who teaches in Arkhoma, Oklahoma;
       Whereas Carrie has delighted the residents of Checotah with 
     her singing since her elementary school days;
       Whereas during high school, Carrie sang in the Checotah 
     High School's award winning chorus and excited audiences 
     every year at the Robbin Emerson Memorial Talent Show, which 
     raises money for scholarships;
       Whereas Carrie was often kind enough to sing the National 
     Anthem at high school basketball games;
       Whereas Carrie excelled academically in high school and was 
     the salutatorian of her 2001 Checotah High School graduating 
     class;
       Whereas Carrie began attending Northeastern State 
     University after high school, where she is a senior majoring 
     in mass communications with an emphasis in journalism;
       Whereas Carrie performed for 2 years in Northeastern's 
     Downtown Country Show in Tahlequah, Oklahoma;
       Whereas Carrie auditioned in August 2004, in St. Louis, 
     Missouri, for the ``American Idol'' television show;
       Whereas Carrie was named to the top 24 on ``American Idol'' 
     in mid-February 2005, and has been in Hollywood, California, 
     performing weekly since;
       Whereas although people in Checotah and Oklahoma are 
     extremely proud of Carrie's phenomenal talent, they are even 
     more proud of the kind of young person she has always been; 
     and
       Whereas Carrie Underwood is intelligent, kind, and 
     considerate--undoubtedly one of the finest young women anyone 
     will ever meet: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) takes great pride in congratulating Carrie Underwood of 
     Checotah, Oklahoma, for winning the television program 
     ``American Idol''; and
       (2) thanks Carrie Underwood for being a positive public 
     role model and representing Oklahoma so superbly before an 
     audience of millions of television viewers in this nation and 
     around the world.

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