December 21, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8263 and look forward to more joining us as community revitalization. Libraries Whereas the University of Central Missouri we work together to urge swift action are important information centers for is a leader in promoting soccer and the val- to adopt this important legislation. workforce development, health infor- ues of teamwork, commitment, and excel- Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise mation, and digital and financial lit- lence: Now, therefore, be it to join my colleague from Rhode Is- Resolved, That the Senate— eracy. Museums are also vital commu- (1) congratulates the University of Central land, Senator REED, in introducing the nity partners that work to connect our Missouri women’s soccer team for winning a Museum and Library Services Act of communities to the cultural, histor- national title for the first time in the his- 2017. This bill would reauthorize the ical, natural, and scientific pieces of tory of the University of Central Missouri core programs administered by the In- our heritage. women’s soccer program while maintaining stitute of Museum and Library Serv- From providing job search resources an undefeated season; and ices (IMLS), which support libraries and free internet access to exposing (2) encourages the University of Central and museums in Maine and across the children and families to enriching lit- Missouri to continue promoting the values of teamwork, commitment, and excellence country. This bill includes important erary and educational experiences, li- updates to improve the abilities of li- through the soccer and other athletic pro- braries and museums serve vital roles grams of the University of Central Missouri. braries and museums to meet the needs in our communities. I urge my col- of local communities. leagues to support this legislation. f The Museum and Library Services Act represents a commitment to sup- By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself SENATE RESOLUTION 365—CON- porting libraries and museums that en- and Ms. MURKOWSKI): GRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY rich our communities. Libraries pro- S. 2273. A bill to extend the period OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN vide not only a wonderful learning during which vessels that are shorter VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR WIN- tool, full of books, public documents, than 79 feet in length and fishing ves- NING THE 2017 NATIONAL COLLE- and internet access, but also are com- sels are not required to have a permit GIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION munity hubs where citizens can meet for discharges incidental to the normal DIVISION I VOLLEYBALL CHAM- to share and explore ideas. Likewise, operation of the vessel; considered and PIONSHIP great museums do more than accumu- passed. late artifacts—they tell stories. The Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. S. 2273 programs reauthorized in this bill SASSE) submitted the following resolu- would help libraries and museums Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- tion; which was considered and agreed across Maine and the United States resentatives of the United States of America in to.: Congress assembled, better serve the public by helping with S. RES. 365 SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM. research, planning, and programming. Whereas, on December 16, 2017, the Univer- Section 2(a) of Public Law 110–299 (33 The Museum and Library Services sity of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers won U.S.C. 1342 note) is amended by striking ‘‘De- the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Asso- Act would make important improve- cember 18, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘January 19, ciation (referred to in this preamble as the ments to IMLS’s ability to collaborate 2018’’. ‘‘NCAA’’) Division I Volleyball Champion- with states and communities. It would f reauthorize the Library Services and ship in Kansas City, Missouri in an over- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS whelming victory over the University of Technology Act (LSTA), the only fed- Florida by a score of 25 to 22, 25 to 17, 18 to eral program that helps public libraries 25, and 25 to 16; meet their community’s needs, en- SENATE RESOLUTION 364—CON- Whereas the University of Nebraska-Lin- hance their services through tech- coln has won 5 NCAA volleyball champion- nology, reach underserved and rural GRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY ships; populations, and recruit new profes- OF CENTRAL MISSOURI WOMEN’S Whereas the Cornhuskers ended their sionals to the library field. Ensuring SOCCER TEAM FOR WINNING THE championship season with a 19-match win- that federal resources reach our rural NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATH- ning streak and finished the year with a record of 32 wins and 4 losses; communities is particularly important LETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION II WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPION- Whereas each member of the University of to me, and I am pleased that this bill Nebraska-Lincoln volleyball team, including highlights support for rural and tribal SHIP AT SWOPE SOCCER VIL- LAGE IN KANSAS CITY, MIS- Annika Albrecht, Hunter Atherton, Hayley areas. Densberger, Mikaela Foecke, Allie Havers, Every state in our country receives SOURI Briana Holman, Kelly Hunter, Kenzie Malo- its share of the LSTA, which leverages Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself and Mr. ney, Chesney McClellan, Sami Slaughter, the federal investment with a state and BLUNT) submitted the following resolu- Lauren Stivrins, Jazz Sweet, Anezka Szabo, local funding match. In Maine, the tion; which was considered and agreed and Sydney Townsend, contributed to that LSTA has helped libraries lend books to: outstanding victory; and other materials by mail to reach Whereas head coach John Cook, assistant S. RES. 364 coach Tyler Hildebrand, assistant coach residents in communities that do not Whereas, on December 2, 2017, the Univer- Kayla Banwarth, volunteer assistant coach have libraries nearby or who are home- sity of Central Missouri won the National Ryan Coomes, director of operations Lindsay bound. It has helped Maine libraries Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Peterson, video coordinator Kelly O’Connor, serve individuals with disabilities Women’s Soccer Championship at Swope and graduate managers Joe Klein, John through access to book recordings and Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri, Henry, and Bre Mackie, guided that out- special media players, including braille which was the first national championship in standing group of women to a national and audio downloads. It has helped my the history of the University of Central Mis- championship; state improve online access to maga- souri women’s soccer program; Whereas Mikaela Foecke and Kelly Hunter zines, newspapers, and reference books, Whereas the University of Central Missouri were named the co-Most Outstanding Play- women’s soccer team completed an ers of the 2017 NCAA Championship; and spurred innovative collaborations undefeated season with a record of 26 wins Whereas Kelly Hunter was named the Big with schools statewide. and no losses or ties, setting a new Division Ten Setter of the Year, becoming the first The bill would also reauthorize the II record for wins in a season; Nebraska player ever to earn that award; Museum Services Act, providing sup- Whereas the University of Central Missouri Whereas Annika Albrecht, Mikaela port for museums to collaborate with women’s soccer team tied a Division II sin- Foecke, and Kelly Hunter were recognized as schools, libraries, and colleges and uni- gle-season record with 21 shutouts; All-Americans by the American Volleyball versities, and to encourage new tech- Whereas the University of Central Missouri Coaches Association, and Briana Holman re- nologies to extend the reach of pro- women’s soccer team finished the season as ceived an honorable mention; and grams and museum collections. As the top-ranked team in the United Soccer Whereas an NCAA Tournament record- with the LSTA, museums are Coaches Top 25 Division II postseason poll; breaking crowd of 18,516 volleyball fans at- Whereas 5 of the University of Central Mis- tended the championship game, reflecting incentivized to leverage other sources souri Jennies, Ana Dilkes, Jada Scott, Kayla the tremendous spirit and dedication of Ne- of support to match the federal invest- Hamner, Baylie Edwards, and Abby Rhodes, braska fans supporting the Cornhuskers as ment. were named to the Division II Conference the team won the national championship: This reauthorization underscores the Commissioners Association All-America Soc- Now, therefore, be it role that libraries and museums play in cer Teams; and Resolved, That the Senate—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:29 Dec 22, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21DE6.043 S21DEPT1 S8264 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 21, 2017 (1) congratulates the University of Ne- (3) in 1969, was formally granted a name (4) is 1 of only 2 historically Black colleges braska-Lincoln volleyball team as the win- change by the Alabama State Board of Edu- and universities to produce a Rhodes scholar; ner of the 2017 National Collegiate Athletic cation and became Alabama State Univer- and Association Division I Volleyball Champion- sity; (5) has graduated a number of African- ship; Whereas notable figures of the civil rights American luminaries, including the Mayor of (2) commends the University of Nebraska era attended and graduated from Alabama Atlanta, Georgia, Maynard Jackson, film di- players, coaches, and staff for their hard State University, including the Reverend rector Spike Lee, and the Reverend Martin work and dedication; Ralph David Abernathy, attorney Fred Gray, Luther King, Jr.; (3) recognizes the students, alumni, and and the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth; Whereas 2 current Members of Congress are loyal fans that supported the Cornhuskers on Whereas Barber-Scotia College— graduates of Morehouse College; their journey to win another Division I (1) in 1867, was founded as Scotia Seminary Whereas Morgan State University was Championship; and in Concord, North Carolina, by the Reverend founded in Baltimore, Maryland, as the Cen- (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary Luke Dorland; and tenary Biblical Institute in 1867 to train of the Senate prepare an official copy of this (2) in 1870, was chartered to educate newly former slaves and freedmen for the Meth- resolution for presentation to— freed female slaves; odist ministry; (A) the president of the University of Ne- Whereas Scotia Seminary— Whereas, the Centenary Biblical Insti- (1) was the first historically Black institu- braska; tute— tion of higher education for females estab- (1) in 1874, became coeducational; (B) the athletic director of the University lished in the United States; (2) in 1890, changed its name to Morgan of Nebraska-Lincoln; and (2) in 1916, was renamed as Scotia Women’s (C) the head coach of the University of Ne- College; and College in honor of one of its board members; braska-Lincoln volleyball team. (3) in 1930, merged with Barber Memorial and (3) in 1939, was purchased by the State of f College to become Barber-Scotia Junior Col- lege for women; Maryland to provide more academic opportu- SENATE RESOLUTION 366—HON- Whereas Barber-Scotia College became a 4- nities for black students and was renamed ORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS year college for women in 1946 and a coedu- Morgan State College; OF THE 9 HISTORICALLY BLACK cational institution in 1954; Whereas Morgan State College— COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Whereas one of the distinguished graduates (1) distinguished itself as a liberal arts col- of Barber-Scotia College was Mary McCleod lege; THAT CELEBRATED THEIR SES- (2) in 1975, was granted university status; QUICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARIES Bethune, the founder of Bethune-Cookman College; and DURING THE WEEK OF SEP- Whereas Fayetteville State University was (3) has been designated as the preeminent TEMBER 24 THROUGH SEP- formed as the Howard School on November public research university in Maryland, as TEMBER 30, 2017 29, 1867, by 7 African-American men who paid well as a National Treasure by the National $136 for 2 lots on Gillespie Street in Fayette- Trust for Historic Preservation; Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. Whereas, in 2004, the Morgan State Choir PERDUE, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Mrs. ville, North Carolina; Whereas the Howard School was formally was named ‘‘The Nation’s Best College GILLIBRAND, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. renamed Fayetteville State University in Choir’’ by Reader’s Digest and has performed BURR) submitted the following resolu- 1969; for audiences on 4 continents; tion; which was referred to the Com- Whereas Fayetteville State University Whereas Morgan State University— mittee on Health, Education, Labor, holds the distinction of being the second old- (1) has graduated a great number of promi- and Pensions: est public school in North Carolina; nent African-American leaders in politics, law, entertainment, and science; and S. RES. 366 Whereas Howard University— (1) was chartered by Congress on March 2, (2) has a list of alumni that includes Con- Whereas, in 1867, 9 historically Black col- 1867, in Washington, District of Columbia; gressmen Parren J. Mitchell and Kweisi leges and universities were established in 4 (2) stands today as the most comprehensive Mfume, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals Southern States, Alabama, Georgia, Mary- historically Black college and university in of Maryland Robert M. Bell, novelist Zora land, and North Carolina, as well as in the the United States, in terms of undergraduate Neale Hurston, and Pulitzer-Prize winner District of Columbia, which constituted the and graduate programs of study; James Alan McPherson; largest number of historically Black Col- (3) has produced numerous Rhodes schol- Whereas St. Augustine’s University was leges and Universities founded in any single ars, Truman scholars, Fulbright scholars, founded in 1867 as the St. Augustine’s Nor- year before or after that date; and Picking fellows and a Marshall scholar mal School by prominent Episcopal clergy Whereas the 9 historically Black colleges during the history of the university; and for the education of freed slaves in Raleigh, and universities that celebrated their sesqui- (4) has graduated some of the most accom- North Carolina; centennial anniversaries during the week of plished African-Americans in history, in- Whereas St. Agnes Hospital and Training September 24 through September 30, 2017, cluding Justice of the Supreme Court of the School for Nurses, the first school of nursing trace their foundings to rather modest begin- United States Thurgood Marshall, author for African-American students in the state of nings but, in the course of a century and a Toni Morrison, and former United States North Carolina— half, have established records of significant Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew (1) was established by St. Augustine’s Nor- achievement and legacies of devotion to aca- Young; mal School in 1895; and demic excellence; Whereas 5 current Members of Congress are (2) was the only hospital in North Carolina Whereas the 9 institutions celebrating graduates of Howard University; that served African-Americans until 1960; their sesquicentennial anniversaries in- Whereas Johnson C. Smith University was Whereas St. Augustine’s University was clude— established on April 7, 1867, as the Biddle Me- the first historically Black college and uni- (1) Alabama State University in Marion, morial Institute by Reverend S.C. Alexander versity to own an on-campus commercial Alabama; and Reverend W.L. Miller in Charlotte, radio and television station; and (2) Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina; Whereas Talladega College— North Carolina; Whereas the first football game with Afri- (1) was founded by 3 former slaves in (3) Fayetteville State University in Fay- can-American players was played at Biddle Talladega, Alabama, in 1867; etteville, North Carolina; University in 1892, a game that today is (2) is the oldest, private historically Black (4) Howard University in Washington, Dis- called the ‘‘Commemorative Classic’’; college and university in the State of Ala- trict of Columbia; Whereas Johnson C. Smith University— bama; (5) Johnson C. Smith University in Char- (1) is the first historically Black college (3) was the first institution in the State of lotte, North Carolina; and university in the South to offer profes- Alabama to admit qualified persons of any (6) Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia; sional courses in education; and (7) Morgan State University in Baltimore, (2) has produced numerous politicians, in- race or ethnicity; and Maryland; cluding Eva Clayton, the first African-Amer- (4) has produced several African-American (8) St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, ican to represent North Carolina in the ‘‘firsts’’, including— North Carolina; and House of Representatives since the 19th cen- (A) Wynona Lipman, the first African- (9) Talladega College in Talladega, Ala- tury; American woman elected to the Senate of bama; Whereas Morehouse College— the State of New Jersey; and Whereas Alabama State University was in- (1) in 1867, was founded by the Reverend (B) the Reverend Dr. Paul Smith, the corporated on July 17, 1867, as Lincoln Nor- William Jefferson White in Augusta, Geor- first African-American minister at the mal School in Marion, Alabama, by 9 freed gia; First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, slaves to educate Black children; (2) in 1879, was moved from Augusta, Geor- New York; Now, therefore, be it Whereas Lincoln Normal School— gia, to its current location in Atlanta, Geor- Resolved, That the Senate— (1) was founded with $500, which was used gia; (1) honors the accomplishments of— to purchase the land and lay the foundation; (3) is the largest college for men in the (A) the 9 historically Black colleges and (2) in 1928, was converted from a junior col- United States, enrolling more than 2,000 stu- universities that celebrated their sesqui- lege to a 4-year college; and dents; centennial anniversaries during the week of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:29 Dec 22, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21DE6.047 S21DEPT1