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Commemorating the commissioning of the USS Omaha.

Commemorating the commissioning of the USS Omaha. Whereas the great city of Omaha, Nebraska, was founded on July 4, 1854; Whereas the Lone Tree Ferry bringing pioneers across the Missouri River into Omaha caused Omaha to become known as the Gateway to the West Whereas Nebraska is the only triply landlocked State in the Union; Whereas the first USS Omaha was a screw sloop launched in 1869, 2 years after Nebraska became a State on March 1, 1867; Whereas the second USS Omaha (CL4) was an Omaha class light cruiser commissioned on February 24, 1923; Whereas the USS Omaha (CL4) served in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters and captured a German blockade runner a month before World War II officially began; Whereas the Nebraska Admirals Association, formed in 1931, has had thousands of Admirals commissioned in the Nebraska Navy to promote The Good Life Whereas the Big Red Sub Club (1) was formed to support the crews of the USS Nebraska (SSBN739); and (2) is the most active State organization supporting the submarine fleet of the United States; Whereas the Navy League of the United States, Nebraska Council, strongly supports a strong United States Navy for national security; Whereas on June 11, 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that an Independence class littoral combat ship would be named the United States Ship Omaha; Whereas on November 20, 2015, the United States Navy launched the USS Omaha; Whereas on December 19, 2015, the USS Omaha was christened in Mobile, Alabama, sponsored by Omaha philanthropist Susie Buffett; and Whereas on February 3, 2018, the USS Omaha will be commissioned: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate commemorates (1) the commissioning of the United States Ship Omaha (LCS12); and (2) the mission of the USS Omaha as a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating antiaccess and asymmetric threats in the littorals.

Summary: Commemorates the commissioning of the USS Omaha (LCS-12).
Designating November 25, 2018, as Drive Safer Sunday.

Designating November 25, 2018, as Drive Safer Sunday Whereas motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States; Whereas every individual traveling on roads and highways should drive in a safe manner so as to reduce deaths and injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents; Whereas, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wearing a seat belt saves as many as 15,000 lives each year; and Whereas the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the busiest highway traffic day of the year: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate (1) encourages (A) high schools, colleges, universities, administrators, teachers, primary schools, and secondary schools to launch campus-wide educational campaigns to urge students to focus on safety when driving; (B) national trucking firms (i) to alert employee drivers to be especially focused on driving safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving; and (ii) to publicize the importance of driving safely on the Sunday after Thanksgiving on the Citizens Band Radio Service and at truck stops across the United States; (C) clergies to remind congregations to travel safely when attending services and gatherings; (D) law enforcement personnel to remind drivers and passengers to drive safely, particularly on the Sunday after Thanksgiving; (E) motorists to drive safely during the holiday season and throughout the rest of the year; and (F) the people of the United States (i) to understand the life-saving importance of wearing a seat belt; and (ii) to educate themselves about highway safety; and (2) designates November 25, 2018, as Drive Safer Sunday.

Summary: Designates November 25, 2018, as Drive Safer Sunday.
Recognizing the month of October 2018 as National Principals Month.

Recognizing the month of October 2018 as National Principals Month Whereas the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and the American Federation of School Administrators have declared the month of October 2018 to be National Principals Month Whereas principals are educational visionaries, instructional and assessment leaders, disciplinarians, community builders, budget analysts, facilities managers, and administrators of legal and contractual obligations; Whereas principals work collaboratively with teachers and parents to develop and implement clear missions, high curriculum standards, and performance goals; Whereas principals create school environments that facilitate great teaching and learning and continuous school improvement; Whereas the vision, actions, and dedication of principals provide the mobilizing force behind any school improvement effort; and Whereas the celebration of National Principals Month would honor elementary school, middle school, and high school principals and recognize the importance of principals in ensuring that every child has access to a high-quality education: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate (1) recognizes the month of October 2018 as National Principals Month (2) honors the contributions of principals in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools in the United States; and (3) supports the goals and ideals of National Principals Month.

Summary: Recognizes October 2018 as National Principals Month and supports its goals and ideals. Honors the contributions of principals in elementary, middle, and high schools in the United States.
Recognizing the freedom of Muslims of the United States to exercise their religion and participate in the civil systems of their country.

Recognizing the freedom of Muslims of the United States to exercise their religion and participate in the civil systems of their country. Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees religious freedom to people of all faiths; Whereas article VI of the Constitution of the United States asserts that no religious test may be required for public office, ensuring that people of all faiths may serve their country; Whereas the United States has always valued the right of individuals to practice their faith as they please, and religious freedom is fundamental to the national character of the United States; Whereas people of the United States of all faiths, including Muslims, both immigrant and native-born and from a variety of races and ethnicities, have made valuable contributions to the United States throughout its history; Whereas more than 3,000,000 Muslims now reside in the United States; Whereas Muslims have served in the Armed Forces of the United States for generations, with more than 5,000 Muslims currently serving and many having made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States; Whereas Muslim scientists and researchers in the United States have helped expand the understanding of medicine, engineering, and outer space; Whereas Muslim inventors in the United States have made breakthroughs ranging from brain tumor treatments to the creation of the ice cream cone; Whereas Muslim athletes have represented the United States in the Olympics and in most professional sports leagues; Whereas Muslim entrepreneurs and business leaders in the United States have helped shape industries including financial services, food, transportation, cosmetics, and furniture; Whereas countless Muslims contribute to the economy and well-being of the United States as business owners, firefighters, police officers, physicians, laborers, service workers, and teachers; and Whereas Muslims have served as Members of Congress, Ambassadors of the United States, and other types of public servants: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate recognizes the religious freedom of Muslims of the United States and their civic contributions to the United States.

Summary: Recognizes the religious freedom of American Muslims and their civic contributions to the United States.
Designating September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month. 

Designating September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month Whereas campus-related housing fires at colleges in Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, D.C., and other States have tragically cut short the lives of several young people; Whereas, since January 2000, at least 175 people, including students, parents, and children, have died in campus-related fires; Whereas approximately 87 percent of those deaths occurred in off-campus residences; Whereas a majority of college students in the United States live in an off-campus residence; Whereas many fatal fires have occurred in a building in which the occupants had compromised or disabled the fire safety systems; Whereas automatic fire alarm systems and smoke alarms provide the early warning of a fire that is necessary for occupants of a building and the fire department to take appropriate action; Whereas automatic fire sprinkler systems are a highly effective method of controlling or extinguishing a fire in its early stages, thus protecting the lives of the building occupants; Whereas many college students live in an off-campus residence, fraternity or sorority housing, or a residence hall that is not adequately protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system and an automatic fire alarm system or adequate smoke alarm; Whereas fire safety education is an effective method of reducing the occurrence of fires and the resulting loss of life and property damage; Whereas college students do not routinely receive effective fire safety education while in college; Whereas educating young people in the United States about the importance of fire safety is vital to help ensure that young people engage in fire-safe behavior during college and after college; and Whereas developing a generation of adults who practice fire safety may significantly reduce future loss of life from fires: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate (1) designates September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month (2) encourages administrators of institutions of higher education and municipalities across the United States (A) to provide educational programs about fire safety to all college students in September and throughout the school year; (B) to evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in both on-campus and off-campus student housing; and (C) to ensure fire-safe living environments through fire safety education, installation of fire suppression and detection systems and smoke alarms, and the development and enforcement of applicable codes relating to fire safety.

Summary: Designates September 2018 as Campus Fire Safety Month. Encourages administrators of institutions of higher education and municipalities across the United States to: (1) provide educational programs about fire safety to all college students in September and throughout the school year, (2) evaluate the level of fire safety being provided in both on- and off-campus student housing, and (3) ensure fire-safe living environments.
Honoring the life and legacy of Aretha Franklin and the contributions of Aretha Franklin to music, civil rights, and the City of Detroit.

Honoring the life and legacy of Aretha Franklin and the contributions of Aretha Franklin to music, civil rights, and the City of Detroit. Whereas Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee; Whereas Aretha Franklin moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1946, at the age of 4; Whereas Aretha Franklin began a career singing gospel at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan; Whereas Aretha Franklin traveled with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., across the country as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached nonviolence in the movement for civil rights; Whereas Aretha Franklin was an active supporter of the civil rights movement and her song Respect Whereas Aretha Franklin is most known for her powerful songs such as Respect (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Spanish Harlem Think Whereas Aretha Franklin was known as the Queen of Soul Whereas Aretha Franklin has won 18 Grammy Awards and sold over 75,000,000 records worldwide; Whereas Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Michigan Womens Hall of Fame in 2001, the United Kingdom's Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012; Whereas in June 2017 the City of Detroit honored Aretha Franklin with a key to the City and renamed a segment of Madison Avenue in downtown Detroit Aretha Franklin Way Whereas Aretha Franklin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 9, 2005; Whereas Aretha Franklin received honorary degrees for her contributions to the arts from Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Brown University, Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory of Music, University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and Bethune-Cookman College; Whereas Aretha Franklin inspired a generation of artists and enthralled the world with powerful music; and Whereas Aretha Franklin passed away on August 16, 2018, at the age of 76 at her home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate celebrates the life and legacy of Aretha Franklin and the iconic contributions of Aretha Franklin to music, arts, and civil rights.

Summary: Celebrates the life and legacy of Aretha Franklin.
Expressing the sense of the Senate that electricity markets do not appropriately value the reliability and resilience attributes of baseload power generation serving the bulk power system.

Expressing the sense of the Senate that electricity markets do not appropriately value the reliability and resilience attributes of baseload power generation serving the bulk power system. Whereas the power generation resource mix of the United States is rapidly changing, presenting ongoing challenges to ensuring that baseload units remain operational and provide enhanced resilience and reliability to the power grid of the United States; Whereas many baseload units are not appropriately valued for the resilience and reliability attributes those units provide to the power grid of the United States; Whereas accelerated retirements of coal-fired and nuclear baseload power generation resources are among those challenges, including how those resources are needed (1) to provide dependable capacity to serve customers; (2) to support essential grid services, such as voltage and frequency support and ramping capability; (3) to offer high availability and reliability from significant on-site fuel storage; and (4) to support integration of new generation resources; and Whereas in Docket Numbers RM18000001 and AD187001, and in other proceedings, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has compiled extensive evidence documenting the reliability and resilience attributes of all power generation resources: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take action to ensure that the electricity markets fully recognize the reliability and resilience benefits of coal-fired and nuclear baseload power generation resources serving the bulk power system.

Summary: Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should take action to ensure that the electricity markets fully recognize the reliability and resilience benefits of coal-fired and nuclear baseload power generation resources serving the bulk power system.
Congratulating the Minnesotans who competed on Team USA at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Congratulating the Minnesotans who competed on Team USA at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. Whereas, of the 243 athletes on the 2018 United States Olympic Team (referred to in this preamble as Team USA), 23 have ties to the State of Minnesota, making it the third-most represented State on Team USA; Whereas, if the State of Minnesota had competed in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games as a country, that State would be tied for twelfth place in the number of gold medals won; Whereas Minnesota has a long tradition of winter sports and has produced some of the most talented winter Olympians in the world; Whereas Jessie Diggins of Afton, Minnesota, won a gold medal in the cross-country skiing team sprint and was chosen by the members of Team USA as the United States flagbearer for the Olympic closing ceremony; Whereas the gold medal won by Jessie Diggins is the first gold medal for the United States in Olympic cross-country skiing; Whereas the womens Olympic hockey team beat Canada and won the first Olympic gold medal for the team since 1998; Whereas the following 8 members of the women's Olympic hockey team have ties to Minnesota: Hannah Brandt, Dani Cameranesi, Amanda Kessel, Gigi Marvin, Sidney Morin, Kelly Pannek, Maddie Rooney, and Lee Stecklein; Whereas the mens curling team defeated Sweden to win the first gold medal for Team USA in curling; Whereas the following 4 members of the men's curling team have ties to Minnesota: John Shuster, Tyler George, John Landsteiner, and Joe Polo; Whereas Lindsey Vonn, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a member of the Buck Hill Ski Team, won a bronze medal in downhill skiing; Whereas the following members of Team USA also have ties to Minnesota: Will Borgen, Cory Christensen, Rosie Frankowski, Aileen Geving, Annie Hart, Leif Nordgren, Tabitha Peterson, Ryan Stoa, and David Chodounsky; and Whereas Minnesota stands united in respect and support for the athletes on Team USA: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate (1) congratulates the Minnesotans who competed on the United States Olympic Team at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea; and (2) commends the dedication and perseverance of all of the athletes on the 2018 United States Olympic Team.

Summary: Congratulates the Minnesotans who competed on the U.S. Olympic Team at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Relative to the death of the Honorable Walter Dee Huddleston, former United States Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Relative to the death of the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee (1) the Committee on Appropriations; (2) the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and (3) the Select Committee on Intelligence; Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee Whereas the Honorable Walter Dee That (1) the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Walter Dee (2) the Secretary of the Senate communicate this resolution to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the deceased; and (3) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Walter Dee

Summary: Declares that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable Walter &quot;Dee&quot; Huddleston, former Member of the Senate. Declares that when the Senate adjourns on November 15, 2018, it stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the Honorable Walter &quot;Dee&quot; Huddleston.
Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 29 through May 5, 2018, as National Small Business Week while commending the entrepreneurial spirit of small business owners of the United States, and the impact they have on their communities.

Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 29 through May 5, 2018, as National Small Business Week Whereas 2018 marks the 55th anniversary of National Small Business Week Whereas there are nearly 30,000,000 small businesses in the United States; Whereas 2 of every 3 new jobs are created by small businesses; Whereas small businesses in the United States (1) employ nearly 1/2 (2) comprise 99.7 percent of all employers in the United States; (3) employ veterans, as 9.1 percent of all small business owners served in the Armed Forces; (4) produce 1/3 (5) account for nearly 1/2 Whereas, on July 30, 1953, Congress created the Small Business Administration to aid, counsel, assist, and protect the small business community; Whereas, in its 54 years of existence, the Small Business Administration has (1) aided countless people in the United States in attaining their entrepreneurial dream; (2) preserved and advanced the interests of small businesses through advocacy; and (3) ensured fairness in the contracting process of the Federal Government; and Whereas the President designated the week of April 29 through May 5, 2018, as National Small Business Week That the Senate (1) supports the designation of the week of April 29 through May 5, 2018, as National Small Business Week (2) celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of the small business owners of the United States; (3) understands the importance of creating a small business climate that allows for sustained, entrepreneurial success; (4) celebrates the invaluable contributions small businesses make to the United States as the backbone of the economy of the United States; and (5) supports increasing consumer awareness of the value and opportunity small businesses bring to their local communities.

Summary: Supports: (1) the designation of the week of April 29-May 5, 2018, as National Small Business Week, and (2) increasing consumer awareness of the value and opportunity that small businesses bring to their local communities. Celebrates: (1) the entrepreneurial spirit of small business owners of the United States, and (2) the invaluable contributions that small businesses make to the United States as the backbone of the economy. Recognizes the importance of creating a small business climate that allows for sustained entrepreneurial success.