Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment at the desk be agreed to, the resolution, as amended, be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 4657) was agreed to, as follows: amendment no. 4657 (Purpose: To amend the resolving clause) In paragraph (3) of the resolving clause, strike ``requests that the President issue a proclamation calling upon'' and insert ``urges''. The resolution (S. Res. 583), as amended, was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, as amended, with its preamble, reads as follows: S. Res. 583 Whereas the first veterinary school in the world was founded in Lyon, France, in 1761; Whereas 2011 will mark the 250th anniversary of veterinary education and the founding of the veterinary medical profession; Whereas 2011 will mark the beginnings of comparative biopathology, a basic tenet of the ``one health'' concept; Whereas veterinarians have played an integral role in discovering the causes of numerous diseases that affect the people of the United States, such as salmonellosis, West Nile Virus, yellow fever, and malaria; Whereas veterinarians provide valuable public health service through preventive medicine, control of zoonotic diseases, and scientific research; Whereas veterinarians have advanced human and animal health by inventing and refining techniques and instrumentations such as artificial hips, bo…”