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MR. BROWN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON
ONE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS, THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 37 -- 375 ABOUT
THE COLUMBUS-OHIO BICENTENNIAL. TODAY MARKS THE 200th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, THE
LARGEST CITY, ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES OF AMERICA, THE CAPITAL
OF THE GREAT STATE OF OHIO. I'VE LIVED IN DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS IN COLUMBUS OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, FROM GERMAN
VILLAGE TO BERWICK TO THE HILLTOP. MY GRANDSON LIVES IN
CLINTONVILLE.MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN -- I MEAN GRANDSON AND HIS
PARENTS. HE'S ONLY THREE. LIVE IN CLINTONVILLE, A GREAT
NEIGHBORHOOD IN SORT OF THE NORTH SIDE OF COLUMBUS. OUR
DAUGHTER LIVES IN THE SHORT NORTH, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING
PLACES OF ANY CITY IN THE MIDWEST. FOR 200 YEARS, COLUMBUS HAS
BEEN A HUB OF ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY FOR THE STATE. WE
TALK OFTEN IN COLUMBUS ABOUT THE GREAT BRAIN GAIN, HOW COLUMBUS
IS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING CITIES IN THE MIDWEST AND EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI. COLUMBUS STARTED ITS EARLY DAYS AS A TRADING
POST ALONG THE SCIOTA RIVER, CONTINUED IN STEAMBOATS AND
RAILROADS CONNECTED MORE PEOPLE WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW
COMMERCE. I SHOULD ADD THAT THE PRESIDING OFFICER, IF I'M
ALLOWED TO SAY THIS, ONE LIVED IN THE GREAT CITY OF COLUMBUS. I
-- I THINK I'M ALLOWED TO SAY THAT. HE NOW IS THE VERY ABLE
JUNIOR SENATOR FROM COLORADO. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, COLUMBUS
BECAME AN IMPORTANT LOCATION FOR THE UNION ARMY AND SOMETHING
WE'RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF, FOR THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
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THROUGH THE TURMOIL OF THAT ERA, PRESIDENT LINCOLN SIGNED THE
MORAL ACT, WHICH LED TO THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE
IN 1870. IN 1878, IT WAS RENAMED OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. TODAY,
O.S.U. IS ONE OF THE NATION'S PREMIER PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND
THERE ARE MANY OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN
COLUMBUS. CAPITAL UNIVERSITY, ESTABLISHED MUCH EARLIER THAN
THAT, 1830, THE COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, ESTABLISHED
IN 1879. THE PONTIFICAL COLLEGE, JOSEPH EFINEM, ESTABLISHED IN
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1888. FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY, ESTABLISHED IN 1902. THE MOUNT
CARAMEL COLLEGE OF NURSING IN 1903. THE OHIO DOMINICAN
UNIVERSITY, ESTABLISHED IN 1911, THE YEAR MY FATHER WAS BORN.
AND THE COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ESTABLISHED ONE OF
OHIO'S GREAT PART OF THE -- THE GREAT GROUP OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THAT WERE VISITING THE CAPITOL TODAY -- THERE ARE MANY
PEOPLE FROM THOSE COLLEGES -- ESTABLISHED IN 19763. COLUMBUS IS
HOME TO SOME OF NATION'S EARLIEST SCHOOLS FOR AMERICANS LIVING
WITH DISABILITIES. THE OHIO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WAS ESTABLISHED
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IN 1829. MANY GRADUATES OF THAT SCHOOL HAVE GONE ON TO
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, FOUNDED DURING THE
CIVIL WAR BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE MOST OUTSTANDING SCHOOL OF
ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. THE OHIO SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1837. 2011, OHIO'S COLUMBUS'S LIBRARY SYSTEM WAS
NAME THE BEST IN THE UNITED STATES, AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE
NATIONAL MEDAL FOR MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICE. COLUMBUS
PROSPERED IN THE POST-CIVIL WAR ERA THROUGH NEW BANKS, EXPANDED
RAILROAD NETWORKS, EXTENDED DISCREETCAR SERVICE IN THE CITY'S
FIRST WATERWORKS SYSTEM. MANUFACTURERS FROM HORSE AND BUGGY
MANUFACTURERS TO STEEL AND BREWERS MADE COLUMBUS AN IMPORTANT
LOCATION FOR ORGANIZED LABOR. THE AMERICAN FED RATION OF --
FEDERATION OF LABOR, WHICH LATER MERGED WITH THE CONGRESS OF
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE AFL-CIO -- WHAT WE KNOW TODAY
AS THE AFL-CIO, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR WAS FOUNDED IN
COLUMBUS 160 YEARS AGO IN 1886. TODAY THE LEGACY OF ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING CONTINUE AT OHIO'S CUTTING-EDGE EDISON NED WORKS,
THE OHIO MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION AND BATEL. THE SPIRIT OF
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LABOR MOVEMENT CONTINUES AS WORKERS OF COLUMBUS LOCAL UNIONS
REPRESENT ALL TYPES OF INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONS. ATTRACTED BY
WORLD-CLASS WORK FORCES AND CULTURAL OUTLETS, LEADING RETAIL
CORPORATIONS, HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS THE LIMITED, NATIONWIDE, GRANGE, CARDINAL
HEALTH AND HUNTINGTON, ALL CALL COLUMBUS THEIR HOME. IT'S A
LEADER IN CUTTING-EDGE MEDICAL RESEARCH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEMS.
WE SEE IT AT THE OHIO STATE MEDICAL CENTER, THE ARTHUR JAMES
CANCER HOSPITAL, THE RICHARD SOLAF RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
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NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, AMONG ALMOST ALL RANKING OF
THE TOP 10 CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS IN AMERICA. THREE OF THEM IN
OHIO CONSISTENTLY, CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI, IN
ADDITION TO OTHER GREAT CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS IN OHIO. MOUNT
CARMEL HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY AND GRAND MEDICAL CENTER.
COLUMBUS IS A CROWN JEWEL OF ARTS AND CULTURES IN THE MIDWEST.
THE MAJESTIC SOUTHERN THEATER WHICH WAS ONE OF -- SOUTHERN
THEATER IN -- SOUTHERN THEATER AND HOTEL WAS -- ATTRACT
WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. THE
SOUTHERN HOTEL WAS ONE OF PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S
FAVORITE STOPS AS HE TRAVELED THROUGH THE MIDWEST. THE SHORT
NORTH IS THE EPICENTER OF THE BURGEONING ARTS SCENE, HOMES TO
GALLERIES AND PARKS AND RESTAURANTS LIKE BETTY'S, THE HAPPY
GREEK, GINNEE ICE CREAM AND THE NORTH MARKET THAT ATTRACT AN
INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ENERGY AND COMMITMENT TO
THAT CITY. IT HOSTS SOME OF THE MIDWEST'S LARGEST CONCERTS,
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS, RANGING FROM COMFEST TO THE PRIDE
FESTIVAL. COLUMBUS IS ALSO HOME TO THE MIDWEST'S LARGEST 4th OF
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JULY FESTIVAL AND THE VERY FAMOUS OHIO STATE FAIR. MAYOR
COLEMAN AND THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS BUT
MUCH MORE THAN JUST BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATION ARE DOING A
TREMENDOUS JOB PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SOUTH
CAMPUS GATEWAY TO THE SHORT NORTH TO THE SCIOTA RIVERFRONT AND
TO GERMAN VILLAGE. AND LIKE OHIOANS ACROSS THE STATE, THE
PEOPLE HAVE -- HAVE LONG SERVED THOSE WHO SERVE US, OUR
VETERANS. ONE OF THE FIRST VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR CHAPTERS IN
THE COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED IN COLUMBUS IN 1899. ASIDE FROM --
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COLUMBUS IS ALSO KNOWN FOR GREAT SPORTS TEAMS, OBVIOUSLY OHIO
STATE, COLUMBUS CLIPPERS, COLUMBUS CREW AND THE COLUMBUS BLUE
JACKETS. THIS YEAR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WILL COMMENCE A
YEARLONG BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WITH THE THEME "HONORING THE
PAST, CELEBRATING THE PRESENT AND VISIONING THE FUTURE." IN
DOING SO, WE'LL CELEBRATE THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL
AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE -- OF THE PEOPLE OF OHIO --
OF COLUMBUS TO YOU ARE GREAT STATE AND OUR GREAT -- TO OUR
GREAT STATE AND OUR GREAT NATION. SO ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED
STATES SENATE WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT I WISH ALL THE CITIES OF
COLUMBUS A HAPPY 200th ANNIVERSARY. I THANK THE PRESIDING
OFFICER.