[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 343 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 343

Affirming the support of Congress for preserving President Franklin D. 
      Roosevelt's profile on the dime because of his innumerable 
           contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2003

Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Capuano, Mr. McDermott, Ms. 
  Slaughter, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
  Israel, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
Oberstar, Mr. Ford, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Moore, Mr. Reyes, 
   Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Strickland, Mr. 
 Lipinski, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Berry, Mr. Brady of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Skelton, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. 
 Hoeffel, Mr. Towns, Mr. Meeks of New York, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. DeLauro, 
     Mr. Levin, Mr. Payne, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Obey, Ms. 
Kilpatrick, Mr. Markey, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
 Engel, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Stark, Ms. Lee, Ms. 
 Linda T. Sanchez of California, and Ms. Carson of Indiana) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Affirming the support of Congress for preserving President Franklin D. 
      Roosevelt's profile on the dime because of his innumerable 
           contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation.

Whereas President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, through his efforts as the 32nd 
        President of the United States, lifted the Nation out of the depths of 
        the Great Depression, rallied the Nation and the world to defeat 
        totalitarian regimes and to liberate the oppressed during World War II, 
        and established a legacy of legislative achievement by which all modern 
        presidents are judged;
Whereas, in 1933, when President Roosevelt was inaugurated, he inherited a 
        nation afflicted with 25 percent unemployment, a failed banking system, 
        a stock market in collapse, 45 percent of farmers facing foreclosure, 
        and widespread homelessness;
Whereas, in his first 100 days in office, President Roosevelt signed into law 15 
        major pieces of legislation designed to provide immediate and long-term 
        relief and economic reform, a legislative record unprecedented at the 
        time and unmatched since;
Whereas, through innovative programs such as the Works Progress Administration, 
        the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
        President Roosevelt put millions of Americans back to work and created 
        the Nation's modern infrastructure of roads, dams, bridges, airports, 
        and highways;
Whereas, through the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935, President 
        Roosevelt established a national program of unemployment insurance, old-
        age insurance, and assistance to the disabled and dependent;
Whereas, in his State of the Union Address of January 6, 1941, President 
        Roosevelt established the principles by which the Nation should be 
        guided both at home and abroad, declaring a commitment to 4 freedoms: 
        freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, 
        and freedom from fear;
Whereas, following the attack on American military installations at Pearl Harbor 
        on December 7, 1941, President Roosevelt's words and deeds inspired and 
        mobilized the Nation to all-out participation in the war effort, both on 
        the homefront and as members of the United States Armed Forces;
Whereas, by participating in an unprecedented series of wartime summit 
        conferences with the Nation's allies, President Roosevelt cemented the 
        bond of friendship with Great Britain, held together a coalition of 41 
        nations, and formulated the first concepts of a post-war United Nations 
        Organization;
Whereas, although he did not live to see the end of World War II, President 
        Roosevelt's leadership was critical to American war production at home 
        and American military successes overseas;
Whereas, throughout his presidency, Roosevelt advanced the cause of civil rights 
        in the Nation, requiring New Deal relief agencies to employ women, 
        African-Americans, and other minorities, and forbidding the agencies 
        from discriminating in their services;
Whereas Roosevelt was the only president to have been elected to 4 consecutive 
        terms, and he is the only president known to have served while afflicted 
        with a serious physical disability;
Whereas, in 1938, President Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for 
        Infantile Paralysis, a national organization which raised funds to find 
        a cure for polio;
Whereas, the following year, comedian Eddie Cantor asked the Nation to mail 
        dimes to the White House to help the Foundation, and in one month, the 
        White House received $85,000 in dimes, prompting Cantor to declare it 
        ``A March of Dimes,'' a name that became the lasting moniker for the 
        Foundation;
Whereas, thanks to President Roosevelt and the March of Dimes, polio is now a 
        thing of the past in the United States; and
Whereas, following President Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945, the selection 
        of the dime as a place to honor him was logical, and the new Roosevelt 
        dime was issued on January 30, 1946: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress affirms its support for preserving President Franklin D. 
Roosevelt's profile on the dime because of his innumerable 
contributions to and lasting impact on the Nation.
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