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| 2 | 2 | | <BillNo> <Sponsor> |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 160 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Watson |
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| 8 | 8 | | SJR0160 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 003670 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION relative to the renaming of the Gulf of America |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Mount McKinley. |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, in an executive order dated January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump |
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| 16 | 16 | | restored the name of Mount McKinley, citing President William McKinley's leadership in our |
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| 17 | 17 | | victory in the Spanish-American War and the "rapid growth and prosperity, including an |
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| 18 | 18 | | expansion of territorial gains for the Nation" during his administration; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, in that same executive order, President Trump renamed the continental |
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| 20 | 20 | | shelf area bounded on the north by the U.S. and extending to the seaward boundary with two |
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| 21 | 21 | | other nations as the Gulf of America, citing the Gulf's "pivotal role in shaping America's future |
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| 22 | 22 | | and the global economy" and recognizing the Gulf as a "flourishing economic resource … [of] |
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| 23 | 23 | | critical importance to our Nation's economy and its people"; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, in an executive order dated February 9, 2025, President Trump designated |
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| 25 | 25 | | that very day as the first ever Gulf of America Day to restore "American pride in the history of |
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| 26 | 26 | | American greatness" during the early days of his administration; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, we most heartily agree with President Trump that "the naming of our |
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| 28 | 28 | | national treasures … should honor the contribution of visionary and patriotic Americans in our |
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| 29 | 29 | | Nation's rich past"; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, the renaming of these two natural treasures should be appropriately |
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| 31 | 31 | | referenced in our schools; now, therefore, |
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| 32 | 32 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 33 | 33 | | GENERAL ASSEM BLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF |
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| 34 | 34 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that this General Assembly encourages Tennessee's |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 003670 |
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| 39 | 39 | | teachers, especially our geography teachers, to use the names Gulf of America and Mount |
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| 40 | 40 | | McKinley when instructing their students about these natural wonders. |
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