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U.S. Senate Resolution 117 Expresses Support of the Good Friday Agreement, and Peace on the Island of Ireland

Courtesy of Congressional Record Online, Government Publishing Office SENATE RESOLUTION 117--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT, OR THE BELFAST AGREEMENT, AND SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION TO SUPPORT PEACE ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND. Introduced by Senator Robert Menendez, (and co-sponsored by Ms. Collins, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Markey, Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Casey, Mr. Booker, Mr. Kaine, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Reed)submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations on March 16, 2021: S. Res. 117   Whereas , on April 10, 1998, the Government of Ireland and       the Government of the United Kingdom signed the Good Friday       Agreement, also known as the ``Belfast Agreement''; Whereas the goals of the Good Friday Agreement were to       bring a new era of devolved government and democracy to       Northern Ir

The White House Proclamation on Irish-American Heritage Month, March 2021

  MARCH 01, 2021   •   PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Since before the founding of our Nation, Irish immigrants have arrived on our shores with an unyielding spirit of determination that has helped define America’s soul and shape our success across generations.  Driven by the same dreams that still beckon people the world over to America today, so many crossed the Atlantic with nothing but the hope in their hearts and their faith in the possibility of a better life. That’s what brought the Blewitts from County Mayo and the Finnegans of County Louth to the United States.  For years, they brought Ireland into their homes in America.  Working hard.  Raising families.  Remembering always where they came from.  By 1909, my grandparents Ambrose Finnegan and Geraldine Blewitt met and married in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and passed on to my mother, Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden, a pride and a passion that runs through the bloodstream of all Irish-Americans. The story of the Irish the world over is one