,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aacc  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,september #ba1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,peterson 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,hagedorn1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 
,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4       
,emmer1 and ,mr4 ,stauber7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,house    
,administration  ,,resolution  ,honoring
 the life and legacy of ,coya ,knutson4 
,whereas ,cornelia ,genevive ,gjesdal   
,coya ,knutson was born on ,august #bb1 
#aiab1 in ,edmore1 ,north ,dakota2      
,whereas ,coya ,gjesdal graduated from  
,concordia ,college in ,moorhead1       
,minnesota1 with majors in ,english and 
,music and a minor in ,education2       
,whereas ,coya ,gjesdal married ,andy   
,knutson in #aidj and later adopted a   
son2 ,whereas ,coya ,knutson was        
involved in her community1 working as a 
teacher1 volunteering1 establishing a   
medical clinic1 and serving on the ,red 
,lake ,county ,welfare ,board2 ,whereas 

,coya ,knutson was elected to the ,house
 of ,representatives of ,minnesota in   
#aiej2 ,whereas ,state ,representative  
,knutson supported health and education 
initiatives and sponsored the first     
clean air bill in ,minnesota1 which     
prohibited smoking in some public       
places2 ,whereas1 in #aied1 ,coya       
,knutson won a seat in the ,house of    
,representatives of the ,united ,states1
 despite having lost the nomination of  
her party to a man2 ,whereas ,coya      
,knutson became the first woman elected 
to ,congress from ,minnesota2 ,whereas  
,congresswoman ,knutson became the first
 woman to be appointed to the ,committee
 on ,agriculture of the ,house of       
,representatives2 ,whereas              
,congresswoman ,knutson sponsored       
legislation that eventually led to      
expanded school lunch assistance1 the   
first ,federal student loan program1 and
 the first appropriations for research  
on cystic fibrosis2 ,whereas            
,congresswoman ,knutson's husband did   

not support her career and reportedly   
wrote a public letter in #aieh ordering 
her to return to ,minnesota to make a   
home for her son and husband2 ,whereas  
the story of the letter was taken up by 
the national press1 with newspapers     
across the ,united ,states running the  
headline ,coya1 ,come ,home2 ,whereas   
,coya ,knutson lost reelection in #aieh 
to a man whose campaign slogan was ,a   
,big ,man for a ,man-,sized ,job2       
,whereas ,coya ,knutson eventually      
divorced her husband1 moved permanently 
to ,washington1 ,,dc1 and was appointed 
by ,president ,kennedy to be the liaison
 officer in the ,office of ,civil       
,defense at the ,department of ,defense1
 where she served until #aigj2 ,whereas 
,coya ,knutson retired from politics and
 moved back to ,minnesota to live with  
her son and his family until her death  
in #aiif at #hb years of age2 and       
,whereas ,coya ,knutson was a           
trailblazer and an inspiration who was  
devoted to her community1 ,state1 and   

country3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that   
the ,house of ,representatives honors   
the life and legacy of ,coya ,knutson1  
whose dedication to overcoming          
exceptional odds and devotion to the    
well-being of the ,united ,states shall 
serve as an inspiration for generations 
of individuals in the ,united ,states4