[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 906 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 906

 Commending and congratulating the United States Team for winning the 
                           2024 Solheim Cup.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 21 (legislative day, November 20), 2024

 Mr. Boozman submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending and congratulating the United States Team for winning the 
                           2024 Solheim Cup.

Whereas the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) was founded in 1950, 
        with a mission to change the face of golf by providing a platform for 
        women to play professional golf;
Whereas the Solheim Cup is a biennial, transatlantic team match-play 
        competition, featuring the 12 leading United States players from the 
        LPGA and the top 12 European players from the Ladies European Tour 
        (LET);
Whereas the LPGA members competed for the Solheim Cup from September 13 to 
        September 15, 2024, at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, 
        Virginia;
Whereas United States Team reclaimed the Solheim Cup by defeating Team Europe 
        with a score of 15.5 to 12.5;
Whereas the United States leads Europe in winning the Solheim Cup, having won 11 
        out of 19 competitions;
Whereas Stacy Lewis led the 2024 United States Solheim Cup Team as the captain, 
        using her expertise in the sport of golf and in competing for the 
        Solheim Cup, as she--

    (1) became the youngest captain in the history of the United States 
Solheim Cup Team in the 2023 competition;

    (2) served as an assistant captain in 2021; and

    (3) has played in the Solheim Cup 4 times (in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 
2017); and

Whereas the United States Solheim Cup Team and the LPGA should all be 
        congratulated and celebrated for their triumph and commitment to the 
        game of golf, highlighting women in sports, and their contributions to 
        the United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the United States Team for its victory at 
        the 2024 Solheim Cup;
            (2) recognizes the achievements, excellence, dedication, 
        and teamwork of the members of the United States Solheim Cup 
        Team;
            (3) commends the LPGA and its members for their 
        contributions to the game of golf and their efforts to make 
        golf accessible; and
            (4) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
        transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
                    (A) the United States Solheim Cup Team captain, 
                Stacy Lewis; and
                    (B) the Commissioner of the LPGA, Mollie Marcoux 
                Samaan.
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