The Utah House overwhelmingly passed a joint resolution Wednesday to send a statute of Utah pioneer Dr. Sen. Martha Hughes Cannon to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Becky Edwards, R-North Salt Lake, was the House sponsor.
There was typical rancor leading up to the vote revolving around the fact that to send the Cannon statue to Washington, Utah needs to bring a statue of Philo T. Farnsworth home. Farnsworth is best known as the inventor of television.
Even though the resolution easily passed the Senate last month, Rep. Mike Noel, chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee, held it for a week before releasing it for a committee hearing.