[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 566--CELEBRATING THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATE 
                            OF SOUTH DAKOTA

  Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 566

       Whereas South Dakota joined the Union as a State on 
     November 2, 1889;
       Whereas South Dakota serves as a breadbasket for the United 
     States and the world;
       Whereas the agriculture industry in South Dakota produces a 
     $25,600,000,000 economic impact each year;
       Whereas South Dakota is among the top 10 producers in the 
     United States of 9 different crops;
       Whereas South Dakota is among the top 10 producers in the 
     United States in 5 different animal production areas;
       Whereas South Dakota is a land of opportunity and free 
     enterprise;
       Whereas South Dakota consistently has one of the lowest 
     unemployment rates in the United States;
       Whereas South Dakota has an outstanding system of education 
     at every level, teaching students to become leaders and 
     innovators in a variety of fields;
       Whereas South Dakotans have gone on to serve proudly and in 
     disproportionately high numbers in the United States Armed 
     Forces;
       Whereas the USS South Dakota was commissioned in 1942 and 
     valiantly served in the Pacific during World War II;
       Whereas South Dakota is honored to be home to 9 Native 
     American tribes;
       Whereas South Dakota boasts the highest mountains between 
     the Appalachians and the Rockies;
       Whereas South Dakota supports environmental conservation as 
     home to 6 National parks;
       Whereas people from all over the United States travel to 
     South Dakota every year to participate in an annual tradition 
     of pheasant hunting that has spurred tourism and economic 
     growth and has maintained a heritage important to South 
     Dakotans for generations; and
       Whereas South Dakota came to symbolize the commitment of 
     the United States to freedom and democracy by way of the 
     world-famous Mount Rushmore: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate commends and celebrates South 
     Dakota and its people on the State's 125th anniversary.

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