[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 125 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 125

 Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Senator Henry M. ``Scoop'' 
                                Jackson.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2012

Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Mr. McDermott) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          House Administration

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Senator Henry M. ``Scoop'' 
                                Jackson.

Whereas the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Washington's most revered 
        and favorite sons, Henry Martin Jackson, on May 31, 2012, will be 
        celebrated by friends and well-wishers in Everett and other Snohomish 
        County communities, and in other towns and neighborhoods throughout his 
        beloved State of Washington;
Whereas the centennial of the birth of this great patriot and public servant, 
        United States Senator Henry M. ``Scoop'' Jackson, should be honored by 
        true friends of human rights and democracy nationwide and all across the 
        globe;
Whereas Congressman and later Senator Scoop Jackson, in more than four decades 
        of unswerving public service until taken from family and country by his 
        untimely death on September 1, 1983, established a steady and respected 
        grasp of subjects ranging from public-lands and other environmental 
        issues, to hydroelectric-power and other energy concerns, to national-
        security and other public-safety matters;
Whereas Scoop Jackson, born in the Everett home of his Norwegian-immigrant 
        parents, Peter and Marine Jackson, was elected Snohomish County 
        prosecuting attorney in 1938, at the age of 26, just two years after he 
        graduated from the University of Washington School of Law;
Whereas earning a strong reputation as a dedicated foe and prosecutor of illegal 
        gambling and bootlegging activities, he was elected to the United States 
        House of Representatives, for the Evergreen State's Second District, in 
        1940;
Whereas the then-Congressman Jackson enlisted in World War II until he and other 
        national legislators were recalled to their congressional duties and 
        responsibilities by President Franklin Roosevelt;
Whereas Scoop Jackson was re-elected five times to his congressional seat, won 
        election to the United States Senate in 1952, and was re-elected five 
        times to his Senate seat;
Whereas Mr. Jackson was a tireless voice for nuclear deterrence, from production 
        of fissionable material, to the nuclear submarine program, and the land-
        based ballistic missile program, he was a leading supporter of nuclear 
        parity with the Soviet Union;
Whereas throughout his career, Jackson remained a steadfast supporter of a 
        strong military, placing principles over politics to ensure the United 
        States Armed Forces maintained their global stature;
Whereas an ``environmentalist'' many years before the word became part of the 
        United States lexicon, Scoop Jackson wrote the groundbreaking National 
        Environmental Policy Act, and championed legislation preserving such 
        enormous and unspoiled Washington treasures as North Cascades National 
        Park and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness;
Whereas Scoop Jackson sponsored the Endangered American Wilderness Act, the 
        Redwoods National Parks Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 
        the Federal Lands for Parks and Recreation Act, the Youth Conservation 
        Corps Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Trail 
        System Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, and the National 
        Wilderness Act;
Whereas Scoop Jackson also sponsored legislation establishing the Foundation for 
        the Advancement of Military Medicine, which was later named in his 
        honor, to work toward medical and other scientific programs and 
        advancement that help members of the United States Armed Forces and 
        civilians alike; and
Whereas Henry M. and Helen Jackson raised two children, Anna Marie Jackson 
        Laurence and Peter Jackson: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress celebrates the centennial of the birth of Senator Henry 
M. ``Scoop'' Jackson.
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