[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22249]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FEED AMERICA DAY

  The resolution (S. Res. 603) designating Thursday, November 16, 2006, 
as ``Feed America Day'' was considered and agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 603), with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 603

       Whereas Thanksgiving Day celebrates the spirit of selfless 
     giving and an appreciation for family and friends;
       Whereas the spirit of Thanksgiving Day is a virtue upon 
     which the United States was founded;
       Whereas, in 2006, great numbers of citizens of the United 
     States continue to suffer hunger and other privations; and
       Whereas selfless sacrifice breeds a genuine spirit of 
     Thanksgiving, both affirming and restoring the fundamental 
     principles of the society of the United States: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates Thursday, November 16, 2006, as ``Feed 
     America Day''; and
       (2) calls upon the people of the United States--
       (A) to sacrifice 2 meals on Thursday, November 16, 2006; 
     and
       (B) to donate to a religious or charitable organization of 
     their choice the money that they would have spent on food for 
     that day for the purpose of feeding the hungry.

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