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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 27 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Congratulating the North Dakota State University Bison football team for |
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| 6 | 6 | | winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I |
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| 7 | 7 | | Football Championship Subdivision title. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | OEVEN(for himself and Mr. CRAMER) submitted the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolution; which was considered and agreed to |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Congratulating the North Dakota State University Bison |
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| 15 | 15 | | football team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate |
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| 16 | 16 | | Athletic Association Division I Football Championship |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subdivision title. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas, on January 6, 2025, the North Dakota State Uni- |
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| 19 | 19 | | versity (NDSU) Bison football team won the 2024 Na- |
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| 20 | 20 | | tional Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I |
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| 21 | 21 | | Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) title game in |
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| 22 | 22 | | Frisco, Texas, in a well-fought victory over the Montana |
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| 23 | 23 | | State University Bobcats by a score of 35–32; |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas, including the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS title, the |
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| 25 | 25 | | NDSU Bison have won 18 national football champion- |
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| 26 | 26 | | ships; |
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| 29 | 29 | | •SRES 27 ATS |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas the NDSU Bison have won 10 of the last 14 NCAA |
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| 31 | 31 | | Division I FCS titles, from 2011 to 2024, an achieve- |
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| 32 | 32 | | ment that continues to be unmatched in modern colle- |
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| 33 | 33 | | giate football history; |
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| 34 | 34 | | Whereas the NDSU Bison have displayed tremendous resil- |
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| 35 | 35 | | ience and skill since 2011, with 186 wins to 21 losses, |
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| 36 | 36 | | including a streak of 39 consecutive wins from 2017 to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2021; |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas head coach Tim Polasek, his staff, and their vic- |
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| 39 | 39 | | torious student-athletes led the NDSU Bison to a cham- |
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| 40 | 40 | | pionship in his first year as head coach at NDSU, con- |
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| 41 | 41 | | tinuing the culture of excellence of the NDSU Bison; |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas thousands of NDSU Bison fans attended the cham- |
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| 43 | 43 | | pionship game in Frisco, Texas, reflecting the tremen- |
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| 44 | 44 | | dous pride and dedication of Bison Nation, which has |
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| 45 | 45 | | supported and helped drive the achievement of the |
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| 46 | 46 | | NDSU Bison; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS title was a victory |
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| 48 | 48 | | for both the NDSU Bison and the entire State of North |
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| 49 | 49 | | Dakota: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 50 | 50 | | Resolved, That the Senate— 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) congratulates the North Dakota State Uni-2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | versity Bison football team for winning the 2024 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Di-4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | vision I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) 5 |
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| 55 | 55 | | title; 6 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) commends the players, coaches, and staff of 7 |
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| 57 | 57 | | the North Dakota State University Bison football 8 |
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| 58 | 58 | | team for— 9 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •SRES 27 ATS |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) their tireless work and dedication; and 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (B) fostering a continued tradition of ex-2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | cellence; 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) congratulates the North Dakota State Uni-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | versity President David Cook, North Dakota State 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | University Athletic Director Matt Larsen, and all 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the faculty and staff of North Dakota State Univer-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | sity for creating an environment that emphasizes ex-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | cellence in both academics and athletics; and 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (4) recognizes the students, alumni, and fans of 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | North Dakota State University and all of Bison Na-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tion for supporting the North Dakota State Univer-12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | sity Bison football team so well during its successful 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | quest to bring home yet another NCAA Division I 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | FCS trophy for North Dakota State University. 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | Æ |
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