[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 61 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 61

             Honoring the life and legacy of Peggy Charren.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2015

 Mr. Markey submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
             Honoring the life and legacy of Peggy Charren.

Whereas Peggy Charren was born on March 9, 1928, in New York City;
Whereas Peggy Charren founded the Action for Children's Television in 1968 to 
        promote educational television programming for children;
Whereas under the extraordinary leadership of Peggy Charren, the Action for 
        Children's Television grew to a strong organization of more than 20,000 
        advocates for children;
Whereas Peggy Charren and the Action for Children's Television worked tirelessly 
        for decades to establish youth-friendly educational programming 
        standards for television for children;
Whereas Peggy Charren and the Action for Children's Television played a central 
        role in the passage of the Children's Television Act of 1990, which 
        established standards for children's television by requiring television 
        stations to serve the educational needs of children in the United 
        States;
Whereas Peggy Charren was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on September 
        29, 1995, by the 42nd President of the United States for her leadership 
        in reforming television for children in the United States;
Whereas Peggy Charren remained a powerful voice for television programming for 
        children over the course of her entire life, constantly fighting for the 
        interests of the youngest viewers in the United States; and
Whereas the content of television for children in the United States has been 
        forever altered for the better thanks to the remarkable efforts of Peggy 
        Charren: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate--
                    (A) honors the lifetime of service by Peggy Charren 
                to the children of the United States;
                    (B) recognizes the lasting contributions made by 
                Peggy Charren to the children of the United States and 
                educational television programming worldwide; and
                    (C) requests the Secretary of the Senate to prepare 
                an official copy of this resolution for presentation to 
                the family of Peggy Charren; and
            (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
        further mark of respect to the memory of Peggy Charren.
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