Senate Resolution 11 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 11 BY BEALL and BOETTGER A Resolution of condolence to the people of Japan. 1 WHEREAS, for over five decades the peoples of 2 Japan and Iowa have strengthened their friendships 3 through the cultivation of educational, cultural, 4 interpersonal, and commercial relationships, creating 5 a bond ever stronger as the years passed, and for that 6 reason a tragedy for the people of Japan is a tragedy 7 for Iowans as well; and 8 WHEREAS, the people of Japan have been afflicted 9 with a triple calamity: an earthquake, a tsunami, and 10 a nuclear energy accident; and 11 WHEREAS, in spite of the incalculable suffering 12 and loss, the strength of the Japanese people remains 13 unbroken, as rescuers work around the clock to bring 14 aid, comfort, and safety to the countless victims; and 15 WHEREAS, the people of Iowa pay special homage 16 to the courage and honor of the so-called “Fukushima 17 Fifty”, that group of 180 technicians who have 18 continuously rotated shifts at the stricken reactor, 19 despite the risk to their own safety; and 20 WHEREAS, in this darkest of times, the people of 21 Iowa now stand firm and ready with the people of Japan 22 to undertake the work of recovery; NOW THEREFORE, 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate, on 24 behalf of the people of Iowa, expresses its sorrow, 25 and offers its deepest sympathy to those who have lost 26 their loved ones, their homes, and their livelihoods in 27 this most terrible of disasters. 28 -1- LSB 2744SS (3) 84 jr/rj 1/ 1