[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 717 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 717

Honoring former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of 
                           his 58th birthday.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2004

  Mrs. Maloney (for herself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Hastings of 
Florida, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Scott 
of Georgia, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Moore, Mr. Cummings, Mr. George Miller of 
  California, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Nadler, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Conyers, Ms. 
McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Lampson, 
  Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Bishop of 
 Georgia, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Bell, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. 
 Serrano, Mr. Israel, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Dingell, and Ms. 
 Watson) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of 
                           his 58th birthday.

Whereas former President William Jefferson Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, 
        on August 19, 1946;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton attended Georgetown University as an 
        undergraduate and received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton received a law degree from Yale University in 
        1973;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton established a record of public service as 
        Attorney General of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas, and Chairman of the 
        National Governors Association;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton campaigned for and won the Democratic 
        nomination for President in 1992;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton was elected the 42d President of the United 
        States in 1992 and was reelected for a second term in 1996;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton presided over the longest economic expansion 
        in United States history and the transformation of a record budget 
        deficit into a record surplus during his time in office;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton presided over the creation of 22,000,000 jobs;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton rallied the members of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty Organization to put an end to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and 
        to depose the murderous regime of Slobodan Milosevic, actions which 
        eventually led to the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton played a major role in the Good Friday Peace 
        Accords which finally brought peace to war-torn Northern Ireland; and
Whereas, in the words of President George W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton 
        ``showed a deep and far-ranging knowledge of public policy, a great 
        compassion for people in need, and the forward-looking spirit the 
        Americans like in a President'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors former President 
William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of his 58th birthday and 
extends best wishes to him and his family.
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