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On the recordJune 7, 2017
I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to; the Moran amendment to the preamble be considered and agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 174) was agreed to. The amendment (No. 222) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To remove references to specific entities) On page 6, strike the fourth whereas clause. On page 6, in the seventh whereas clause, strike ``the United Kingdom and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation'' and insert ``partner organizations''. The preamble, as amended, was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows: S. Res. 174 Whereas, on June 7, 1917, Chicago business leader Melvin Jones founded Lions Clubs International in Chicago, Illinois, based on the principle that ``[y]ou can't get very far until you start doing something for somebody else''; Whereas the motto of Lions Clubs International, ``We Serve''-- (1) was selected in 1954 after having been submitted by Lion D.A.…
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina
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Jun 7, 2017

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