Session 2000
Effective: April 28, 2000
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1859 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � A Resolution congratulating and commending Sprint.
� � � WHEREAS,� Fortune magazine released its prestigious list of America's
Most Admired Companies in its February 2000 issue; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Five excellent corporate citizens of the State of Kansas were
included among these most elite companies; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce will formally
recognize the five Kansas companies given special recognition with a reception
on May 1, 2000; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The members of the Kansas Senate have long recognized and
valued the presence of these excellent corporations and the products and serv-
ices they provide not only to this state, but to the nation and the world; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Sprint has led the global charge into wireless communications
and the Internet, has established itself as one of the largest Internet service
providers, and has helped pioneer the integration of local service with long
distance and wireless service; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Sprint, with its vision for the future, was the first to develop
and operate a nationally accessible, digital, fiber optic network; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Sprint has time and again demonstrated its commitment to
our state and to Johnson County, most recently by locating its massive and
beautiful new corporate campus within our borders: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we, the members
of the Kansas Senate of the Year 2000, join together to commend the officers,
management and employees of Sprint for the standard of excellence set here
and abroad, and congratulate them on receiving the well-deserved honor by
Fortune magazine as one of America's Most Admired Companies.

Senate Resolution No. 1859 was sponsored by Senators Vratil and Langworthy.