[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 83 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 83

   Expressing the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft 
 carrier of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-79 
   or the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-80, should be named the 
                       U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2009

 Mr. Shadegg (for himself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Latta, Mr. Campbell, Mr. King 
   of Iowa, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Akin, Mr. 
  Conaway, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Fleming, Mr. 
Pence, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Royce, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gingrey of 
Georgia, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Flake, Mrs. Bachmann, 
    Mr. Issa, and Mr. Chaffetz) submitted the following concurrent 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft 
 carrier of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-79 
   or the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-80, should be named the 
                       U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.

Whereas Barry M. Goldwater served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps 
        during World War II and was later a Major General in the Air Force 
        Reserve;
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was an avid pilot throughout his military career and 
        after his retirement;
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was instrumental in the desegregation of Phoenix 
        schools, restaurants, and the Arizona National Guard;
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was elected to the City Council in Phoenix in 1949, 
        and served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1953 to 1965 and 
        again from 1969 to 1987;
Whereas throughout his tenure in Congress, Senator Goldwater was as avid a 
        proponent of a strong national defense as he was a staunch opponent of 
        communism and totalitarianism;
Whereas Senator Goldwater served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services 
        Committee and was responsible for the unanimous Senate passage of the 
        Defense Department Reorganization Act of 1986, which streamlined command 
        channels at the Pentagon;
Whereas Senator Goldwater was nominated by the Republican Party as a candidate 
        for President of the United States in 1964;
Whereas Senator Goldwater memorably declared at the 1964 Republican Convention, 
        ``I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no 
        vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of 
        justice is no virtue''; and
Whereas Senator Barry M. Goldwater was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 
        in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft 
carrier of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-79 
or the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-80, should be named the 
U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.
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