[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 494 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 494

Honoring the esteemed former President William Jefferson Clinton on the 
                     occasion of his 61st birthday.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2007

 Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
 Ross, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, 
   Mr. Israel, Mr. Engel, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
Wasserman Schultz, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Hill, Mr. Dicks, Ms. 
 Carson, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Mr. Baca, Mr. Dingell, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Moran of Virginia, 
 Mr. Sires, Mr. Payne, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Stark, Mr. Bishop of New York, 
 Ms. Norton, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Berry, Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Snyder, 
Mr. Berman, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Kind, Mr. 
Cummings, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
  Zoe Lofgren of California, and Ms. Clarke) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the esteemed former President William Jefferson Clinton on the 
                     occasion of his 61st 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 distinguished Rhodes Scholarship to study 
        at Oxford University 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 and 
        leadership as Attorney General of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas, and 
        Chairman of the National Governors Association;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton diligently 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 during William Jefferson Clinton's time in office the United States 
        experienced 8 years of economic expansion, job growth, and the 
        transformation of a budget deficit into a budget surplus;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton's national service program, AmeriCorps, was 
        created and has rallied over 400,000 volunteers to help meet the 
        nation's education, public safety, health, and the environmental needs.
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 critical role in the Good Friday 
        Peace Accords which finally brought peace to war-torn Northern Ireland;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton continued his humanitarian efforts beyond his 
        presidency as along with former President George H.W. Bush, he proudly 
        led the United States effort to help rebuild lives and communities by 
        providing private aid to the victims of the devastating tsunami that 
        struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton and former President George H.W. Bush were 
        appointed co-chairs of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Relief Fund to provide 
        both medium- and long-term relief for areas of the United States 
        affected by Hurricane Katrina and have organized the donation of over 
        $80 million in aid relief;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton has taken concrete action to combat the 
        worldwide AIDS epidemic by establishing the Clinton HIV/AIDS initiative 
        and has provided medication and tests to thousands of people in the 
        developing world to accomplish this end;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) 
        to help in the fight against global climate change in practical and 
        measurable ways and to join with the Large Cities Climate Leadership 
        Group comprised of most of the world's largest cities, in working to 
        reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton has dedicated and continues to dedicate his 
        life to serving the American people and myriad noble causes around the 
        world; 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 61st 
birthday on August 19, 2007, and extend best wishes to him and his 
family.
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