,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,hawley 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,blunt7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,congratulating
 the ,st4 ,louis ,blues for winning the 
#bjai ,stanley ,cup ,final4  ,whereas1  
on ,june #ab1 #bjai1 the ,st4 ,louis    
,blues won the #bjai ,stanley ,cup      
,final2 ,whereas the ,blues1 in their   
#ebnd year playing in the ,national     
,hockey ,league 7referred to in this    
preamble as the ,,nhl71 made their      
fourth ,stanley ,cup ,final appearance1 
and their first since the #aifi-gj      
season2 ,whereas the ,blues defeated the
 #bjai ,eastern ,conference champions1  
the ,boston ,bruins1 in the ,stanley    
,cup ,final to win their first ,stanley 
,cup1 clinching the series with #d wins 
and #c losses2 ,whereas the ,blues      
defeated the ,winnipeg ,jets1 the       
,dallas ,stars1 and the ,san ,jose      

,sharks to earn the ,western ,conference
 title and win the franchise's third    
,clarence ,s4 ,campbell ,bowl2 ,whereas 
the ,blues showed incredible            
determination and perseverance by       
fighting their way back from last place 
in the ,,nhl on ,january #c1 #bjai1 to  
finish the regular season in third place
 in the ,western ,conference ,central   
,division1 and to eventually defeat the 
,boston ,bruins to become ,stanley ,cup 
,champions2 ,whereas the ,city of ,st4  
,louis was named by the ,wall ,street   
,journal as the best sports city in the 
,united ,states in #bjae1 highlighting  
the success of ,st4 ,louis professional 
sports teams2 ,whereas more than #aj1jjj
 fans filled the ,enterprise ,center1   
more than #bj1jjj fans filled ,busch    
,stadium in the pouring rain1 and more  
than #ah1jjj fans flooded downtown ,st4 
,louis to cheer the ,blues on to the    
franchise's first ,stanley ,cup2        
,whereas the ,blues and the ,city of    
,st4 ,louis embraced ,laura ,branigan's 

#aihb hit song1 ,gloria1 uniting fans   
across the country2 ,whereas ,laila     
,anderson1 age #aa1 while fighting a    
rare immune disease known as            
hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis or   
,,hlh1 helped motivate the #bjah-bjai   
,blues to victory1 journeying to ,boston
 to cheer on her ,blues in game #g1 and 
kissing ,lord ,stanley's ,cup1 a        
champion's tradition2 ,whereas ,patrick 
,maroon1 a ,st4 ,louis native1 scored a 
heroic game-winning goal in overtime of 
game #g of the second round to advance  
his team to the ,western ,conference    
,finals2 ,whereas ,ryan ,o',reilly1 who 
scored #e times during a #d-;game goal  
streak in games #d through #g of the    
,stanley ,cup ,final1 was the first     
player to score in #d straight ,stanley 
,cup ,final games since ,wayne ,gretzky 
in #aihe1 was awarded the ,conn ,smythe 
,trophy as the #bjai ,,nhl ,playoffs    
,most ,valuable ,player1 all while      
playing with a cracked rib sustained in 
the ,western ,conference ,first ,round2 

,whereas ,jordan ,binnington boasted a  
4#iad save percentage during the        
playoffs and broke the ,,nhl record for 
most wins in a playoff year by a rookie 
goaltender1 while also becoming the     
fourth rookie goalie to win game #g of a
 ,stanley ,cup ,final2 and ,whereas the 
entire ,blues roster contributed to the 
,stanley ,cup victory1 including ,jake  
,allen1 ,ivan ,barbashev1 ,jordan       
,binnington1 ,sammy ,blais1 ,robert     
,bortuzzo1 ,jay ,bouwmeester1 ,tyler    
,bozak1 ,chris ,butler1 ,michael ,del   
,zotto1 ,vince ,dunn1 ,joel ,edmundson1 
,robby ,fabbri1 ,carl ,gunnarsson1      
,ville ,husso1 ,jordan ,kyrou1          
,mackenzie ,mac,eachern1 ,pat ,maroon1  
,jordan ,nolan1 ,ryan ,o',reilly1       
,colton ,parayko1 ,david ,perron1 ,alex 
,pietrangelo1 ,zach ,sanford1 ,brayden  
,schenn1 ,jaden ,schwartz1 ,alexander   
,steen1 ,oskar ,sundqvist1 ,vladimir    
,tarasenko1 ,robert ,thomas1 and ,chris 
,thorburn3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that
 the ,senate-- 7#a7 congratulates the   

,st4 ,louis ,blues and the loyal fans of
 the ,blues for becoming the #bjai      
,national ,hockey ,league ,stanley ,cup 
champions2 and  7#b7 respectfully       
directs the ,secretary of the ,senate to
 transmit an enrolled copy of this      
resolution to--  7,a7 the chairman and  
governor of the ,st4 ,louis ,blues1 ,tom
 ,stillman2  7,b7 the general manager of
 the ,st4 ,louis ,blues1 ,doug          
,armstrong2 and  7,c7 the interim head  
coach of the ,st4 ,louis ,blues1 ,craig 
,berube4