[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FEED AMERICA DAY

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 646.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 646) designating Thursday, November 
     18, 2010, as ``Feed America Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 646) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 646

       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, according to the Department of Agriculture, 
     roughly 35,000,000 people in the United States, including 
     12,000,000 children, continue to live in households that do 
     not have an adequate supply of food; and
       Whereas selfless sacrifice breeds a genuine spirit of 
     thanksgiving, both affirming and restoring fundamental 
     principles in our society: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates Thursday, November 18, 2010, as ``Feed 
     America Day''; and
       (2) encourages the people of the United States to sacrifice 
     2 meals on Thursday, November 18, 2010, and to donate the 
     money that would have been spent on that food to the 
     religious or charitable organization of their choice for the 
     purpose of feeding the hungry.

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