[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 23603]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         SUPPORTING OLYMPIC DAY

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform be discharged from further 
consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1461) supporting Olympic Day 
on June 23, 2010, and congratulating Team USA and World Fit 
participants, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Maryland?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1461

       Whereas Olympic Day, June 23, 2010, celebrates the Olympic 
     ideal of developing peace through sport;
       Whereas June 23 marks the anniversary of the founding of 
     the modern Olympic movement, the date on which the Congress 
     of Paris approved the proposal of Pierre de Coubertin to 
     found the modern Olympics;
       Whereas for more than 100 years, the Olympic movement has 
     built a more peaceful and better world by educating young 
     people through amateur athletics, by bringing together 
     athletes from many countries in friendly competition, and by 
     forging new relationships bound by friendship, solidarity, 
     and fair play;
       Whereas the United States advocates the ideals of the 
     Olympic movement;
       Whereas Olympic Day will encourage the development of 
     Olympic and Paralympic sport in the United States;
       Whereas Team USA won an historic 37 medals at the Vancouver 
     2010 Olympic Winter Games;
       Whereas Team USA won 13 medals at the Vancouver 2010 
     Paralympic Winter Games;
       Whereas the USOC Paralympic Military Program provides post-
     rehabilitation support and mentoring to members of the United 
     States Armed Forces who've sustained physical injuries such 
     as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, 
     visual impairment or blindness, and stroke;
       Whereas Olympic Day encourages the participation of youth 
     of the United States in Olympic and Paralympic sport;
       Whereas World Fit, a program established by Olympians and 
     Paralympians to promote physical fitness and a healthy 
     lifestyle to middle school children and connect them with 
     Olympic and Paralympic athletes and the Olympic Movement, 
     helped 7,239 students from 17 schools in 6 States walk a 
     total of 769,148 miles in 6 weeks during the 2010 program;
       Whereas Olympic Day will encourage the teaching of Olympic 
     history, health, arts, and culture among the youth of the 
     United States; and
       Whereas enthusiasm for Olympic and Paralympic sport is at 
     an all-time high: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) supports Olympic Day and the goals that Olympic Day 
     pursues;
       (2) congratulates Team USA on their Vancouver 2010 
     accomplishments; and
       (3) supports the goals of World Fit and congratulates its 
     participants on the 2010 results.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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