A resolution celebrating the 125th anniversary of the State of Wyoming.

Bill: 114-sres-210
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-06-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Congressional tributes

State and local government operations

Wyoming
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4554; text as passed Senate: CR S4550)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Commends and celebrates the 125th&nbsp;anniversary of Wyoming becoming a state.</p>

action_date: 2015-06-23
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p>Commends and celebrates the 125th&nbsp;anniversary of Wyoming becoming a state.</p>

tv_txt: III 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 210 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 23, 2015 Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Barrasso ) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the State of Wyoming.

Whereas Wyoming became a State on July 10, 1890; Whereas Wyoming, as the Equality State, celebrates firsts for women of Wyoming, including— (1) Louisa Swain, who in 1870, was the first woman to vote in an election in Wyoming and the United States; (2) Esther Hobart Morris, who in 1870, was the first woman in the United States to be appointed Justice of the Peace; and (3) Nellie Tayloe Ross, who in 1924, was the first woman in the United States to serve as governor; Whereas Wyoming celebrates several firsts in land conservation, including— (1) the first national park, Yellowstone National Park, established in 1872; (2) the first national forest, Shoshone National Forest, established in 1891; and (3) the first national monument, Devil’s Tower, established in 1906; Whereas Fort D.A. Russell, established in 1867 and proclaimed by President Hoover in 1930 as F.E. Warren Air Force Base, is the oldest continuously active military installation in the Air Force, and is located west of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Whereas the Wyoming Air National Guard was established in 1946 and the Wyoming Army National Guard was established in 1970 to serve under the Wyoming Military Department as a federal military reserve force; Whereas Wyoming is among the top 5 energy producers in the United States; Whereas Wyoming is the largest coal producer in the United States, producing nearly 40 percent of all coal mined in the United States and providing nearly 40 percent of all electricity generated in the United States; Whereas Wyoming is home to the largest reserves of uranium ore in the United States and produces more uranium than any other State; Whereas Wyoming is a leading producer of oil and natural gas; Whereas Wyoming, with one of the lowest tax rates in the United States, is one of the States most friendly to business; Whereas in 1977, Wyoming was the first State to establish a limited liability corporation (LLC) statute; Whereas in 1902, in Kemmerer, Wyoming, James Cash Penney opened his first store, the Golden Rule, which subsequently grew into the J.C. Penney chain; Whereas in 1968, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, John Taco Turner opened up the Taco House, which one year later became Taco John's, the now popular fast food chain; Whereas Wyoming has 15,846 miles of fishing streams and 297,633 acres of fishing lakes that support 31 species of game fish; Whereas Wyoming provides winter habitat for nearly 1,000,000 big game animals; Whereas the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming is home to the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes; Whereas since 1897, Wyoming has celebrated cowboy heritage at Cheyenne Frontier Days, the largest outdoor rodeo in the world; and Whereas in 2010, Wyoming was the first State to adopt an official State code of ethics: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate commends and celebrates Wyoming and the people of Wyoming on the 125th anniversary of the State of Wyoming.