[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23527-23528]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




REAFFIRMING HISTORIC TIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE NETHERLANDS

  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 178 
and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 178) expressing the 
     sense of Congress that we reaffirm the historic ties between 
     the United States and the Netherlands by recognizing the 
     Quadricentennial celebration of the discovery of the Hudson 
     River and honoring the enduring values of the settlers of New 
     Netherland that continue to permeate American society.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.

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  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be 
agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any 
statements related to the measure be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 178) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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