[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1089 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1089

                 Honoring the life of Milton Friedman.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2006

  Mr. Stearns (for himself, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
Franks of Arizona, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Paul, Mr. Feeney, Mr. Sessions, 
Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Petri, Mr. Pence, Mr. McCotter, Mr. 
Renzi, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Daniel E. 
 Lungren of California, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Akin, Mr. Fossella, Mr. 
 Ferguson, Mr. Bass, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Campbell of California, 
  Mr. Cannon, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Oxley, Mr. LoBiondo, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
Brady of Texas, Mr. Carter, Mr. Conaway, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
Texas, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Weldon of 
   Florida, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Hall, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
Flake, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Saxton, 
   Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Ms. Ros-
 Lehtinen, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Gillmor, 
 and Mr. Davis of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION



                 Honoring the life of Milton Friedman.

Whereas Milton Friedman earned a degree in economics from Rutgers University, 
        and later earned a master's degree from the University of Chicago and a 
        doctorate degree from Columbia University;
Whereas Doctor Milton Friedman is widely regarded as the leader of the Chicago 
        School of economics, and the developer of the theory of monetarism that 
        stresses the central importance of the quantity of money as an 
        instrument of government policy and as a determinant of business cycles 
        and inflation;
Whereas Doctor Friedman's writings and ideas have influenced Presidents, other 
        world leaders, entrepreneurs, and students of economics, and he gave 
        himself generously to public service as an economic adviser to Senator 
        Barry Goldwater's campaign for the presidency in 1964, Richard Nixon's 
        presidential campaign in 1968, the Nixon Administration, Ronald Reagan's 
        1980 presidential campaign, and the Reagan Administration as a member of 
        President Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board;
Whereas Doctor Friedman is a 1976 Nobel Laureate economist and received the John 
        Bates Clark Medal in 1951 honoring the top economists under the age of 
        forty, the Grand Cordon of the First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure 
        by the Japanese government in 1986, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 
        1988, the National Medal of Science in 1988, and honorary degrees from 
        universities in the United States, Japan, Israel, and Guatemala;
Whereas Doctor Friedman's ideas were the model for the free market reforms 
        undertaken in eastern European countries as they emerged from communist 
        domination in the early 1990s, helping extend the blessings of 
        prosperity to millions who had long been denied them;
Whereas Doctor Friedman was a prolific producer of both scholarly and popular 
        articles, essays, books, and broadcast media, including the books 
        Capitalism and Freedom and Free to Choose, tri-weekly columns for 
        Newsweek, commentaries in the Wall Street Journal, and two multi-part 
        Public Broadcasting Service television series;
Whereas Doctor Friedman was one of the world's foremost champions of liberty, 
        not just in economics but in all respects;
Whereas Doctor Friedman will be remembered both as one of the most influential 
        economists in history and as one of the twentieth century's greatest 
        heroes of freedom; and
Whereas Doctor Milton Friedman died on November 16, 2006, in San Francisco, 
        California, at the age of 94 of heart failure: Now, therefore be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives, on the occasion of 
the death of Doctor Milton Friedman--
            (1) mourns Doctor Friedman's passing and expresses its 
        deepest condolences to his family, including his widow Rose 
        Friedman, who is herself an accomplished economist and was 
        instrumental in co-authoring some of his major works; and
            (2) honors Doctor Friedman's lifetime of achievements and 
        recognizes his outstanding contributions to freedom, the study 
        of economics, the United States of America, and the world.
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