[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE LONG DISTANCE RUNS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

  Mr. TESTER. I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 255 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. 255), recognizing and supporting the 
     long distance runs that will take place in the People's 
     Republic of China in 2007 and the U.S. in 2008 to promote 
     friendship between the peoples of the two countries.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, and that any statements 
relating thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 255) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 255

       Whereas, in 1984, American long distance runner Stan 
     Cottrell of Tucker, Georgia, was welcomed into the People's 
     Republic of China where he completed the 2,125-mile Great 
     Friendship Run along the Great Wall of China in 53 days, an 
     event which was chronicled in the international press and 
     serves as a sign of international friendship;
       Whereas those involved in the Great Friendship Run over 2 
     decades ago are committed to running again to revisit the 
     experience and to promote friendship between the peoples of 
     China and the United States;
       Whereas in China, a 2,200-mile run from the Great Wall of 
     China to Hong Kong will take place October 15 to December 15, 
     2007;
       Whereas in the United States, a 4,000-mile relay style run 
     from San Francisco, California, to the United States Capitol 
     Building in Washington, D.C., will take place May 7 to June 
     20, 2008, and cross the continent; and
       Whereas 3 Chinese long distance runners will participate 
     with Stan Cottrell and others in the run to take place in the 
     United States: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes and supports the long 
     distance runs that will take place in the People's Republic 
     of China in 2007 and the United States in 2008 to promote 
     friendship between the peoples of China and the United 
     States.

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