[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 416 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 416

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
  public service of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2007

   Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. 
Shays, Mr. McNulty, Mr. McCotter, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Putnam, 
  Mr. Costello, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Walsh of New York, Mr. 
   Tanner, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. Wilson of South 
Carolina, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Wolf, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Reynolds, 
Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Myrick, 
Mr. Pearce, Mr. Lewis of California, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
 Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Campbell of California, 
  Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Feeney, Mrs. 
McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. McCaul 
 of Texas, Mr. Poe, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-
   Balart of Florida, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Tiahrt, and Mr. 
 Blunt) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
  public service of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Whereas Tony Blair has served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 
        more than a decade, winning three general elections as leader of the 
        Labour Party;
Whereas Mr. Blair played an instrumental role in achieving peace in Northern 
        Ireland and negotiating the Good Friday Agreement which brought all 
        communities into the political and governmental process and ended 
        centuries of division, conflict, and strife;
Whereas Mr. Blair committed himself to bringing devolved government to Northern 
        Ireland which was achieved with the recent decision of the Democratic 
        Unionist Party and Sinn Fein agreeing to form a power-sharing 
        government;
Whereas the United Kingdom and the United States have had a long-standing 
        alliance which was further strengthened during Tony Blair's tenure as he 
        and the United Kingdom stood side-by-side with the United States during 
        conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq;
Whereas Mr. Blair showed British solidarity with the United States after the 9/
        11 terrorist attacks by being the first foreign leader to visit Ground 
        Zero and attending President Bush's speech before a joint session of 
        Congress on September 20, 2001;
Whereas Mr. Blair displayed exemplary leadership as Prime Minister when the 
        United Kingdom suffered its own terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005, when 
        suicide bombers killed 52 people traveling on London's public 
        transportation system;
Whereas the United Kingdom has been a steadfast ally to the United States in the 
        Global War on Terror as it is the second largest contributor of 
        coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
Whereas on July 17, 2003, Mr. Blair was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal 
        that declared ``Congress finds that Prime Minister Tony Blair of the 
        United Kingdom has clearly demonstrated, during a very trying and 
        historic time for our two countries, that he is a staunch and steadfast 
        ally of the United States of America.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the remarkable public service of Tony Blair 
        during his tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; and
            (2) expresses appreciation to Mr. Blair for his steadfast 
        support for the United States and Britain's invaluable alliance 
        to our Nation.
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