; Whereas Nebraska is leading the way for a new innovation frontier where entrepreneurs are engaged in building the economy of the future by establishing and growing great businesses; Whereas Nebraska is the only State whose residents, desiring greater government accountability, voted to transition the State legislature from a bicameral system to a unicameral system, thereby reducing the size of the legislature by nearly 70 percent; Whereas Nebraska is the home of such national food sensations as Kool-Aid, the reuben, and Runzas; Whereas Nebraska leads the United States in— (1) beef and veal exports; (2) commercial red meat production; (3) commercial cattle slaughter; (4) Great Northern bean production; (5) popcorn production; and (6) the number of irrigated acres of cropland; Whereas Nebraska continues to lead the United States in center-pivot irrigation technology, as Nebraska is home to the 4 largest irrigation companies in the United States; Whereas, in 1986, Nebraska was the first State in which women were the 2 major party candidates for governor when Kay Orr, a Republican, defeated Helen Boosalis, a Democrat; Whereas Nebraska has played and continues to play a significant and remarkable role in the civic, economic, educational, and cultural life of the United States; Whereas Nebraskans have a long history of dedicated service to our country’s military, serving in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and the Nebraska National Guard; Whereas the highest ranking military officer in United States history, second only to General Washington, General of the Armies, John J. Pershing, served as the Commandant of Cadets at the University of Nebraska where he formed the national organization, the Pershing Rifles; Whereas, from 1946 to 1992, the men and women of Strategic Air Command, headquartered in Nebraska, countered the nuclear threat of the Soviet Union, while holding true to their motto peace is our profession