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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 494 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 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

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.