[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 324 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 324

    Honoring the life and accomplishments of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and 
extending the condolences of the House of Representatives to his family 
                     on the occasion of his death.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2007

   Ms. Carson (for herself and Mr. Loebsack) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Honoring the life and accomplishments of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and 
extending the condolences of the House of Representatives to his family 
                     on the occasion of his death.

Whereas Kurt Vonnegut Jr. passed away on April 11, 2007;
Whereas Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is regarded as the best American satirist since Mark 
        Twain;
Whereas Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born on November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, 
        Indiana, and his hometown gave him a basis for many of his stories and 
        novels;
Whereas 2007 is being observed as The Year of Kurt Vonnegut in his hometown;
Whereas Kurt Vonnegut Jr. served in the United States Army during World War II 
        and earned the Purple Heart;
Whereas Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was held as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany, and 
        witnessed the atrocities of war and hatred first hand;
Whereas Kurt Vonnegut Jr. taught at the prestigious University of Iowa Writers' 
        Workshop from 1965 to 1967 and received a fellowship from the Guggenheim 
        Foundation, which enabled him to return to Dresden;
Whereas his novel Slaughterhouse Five, based on his experiences in Dresden and 
        chronicling the horror of that place during World War II, is recognized 
        and acclaimed as one of the best novels of the 20th Century; and
Whereas Kurt Vonnegut was a humanist of great humor who used his writing to 
        explain the problems of the world and to open eyes to different 
        solutions to make the world a better place: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives extends its 
condolences to the family of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on the occasion of his 
death and urges the celebration of a great American lifetime spent 
educating, stimulating, and entertaining millions of readers.
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