[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1063 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1063

 Designating room H-226 of the United States Capitol as the ``Lincoln 
                                Room''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2018

Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Roskam, Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
  Illinois, Mr. Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
  Bost, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
 Kinzinger, and Mrs. Bustos) submitted the following resolution; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Designating room H-226 of the United States Capitol as the ``Lincoln 
                                Room''.

Whereas Abraham Lincoln was elected to the House of Representatives in 1846 to 
        represent the 7th Congressional District of Illinois in the Thirtieth 
        Congress from March 1847 to March 1849;
Whereas Abraham Lincoln served the people for 15 years as a State Legislator, 
        Member of Congress, and President of the United States;
Whereas Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Illinois General Assembly for four 
        terms and was respected as an effective leader of his party and a 
        popular campaigner;
Whereas during Congressman Lincoln's tenure, the room now designated as room H-
        226 of the United States Capitol was used as the post office of the 
        House, where he spent almost every morning exchanging stories near the 
        fireplace;
Whereas the old post office space was just steps away from Congressman Lincoln's 
        desk, where he worked and voted and is now marked by a gold plaque on 
        the floor of Statuary Hall;
Whereas Congressman Lincoln was known to be the champion story-teller of the 
        Capitol, having an endless repertoire of tales;
Whereas Abraham Lincoln was one of America's greatest presidents, whose life was 
        a story of adversity, perseverance, and leadership; and
Whereas when the United States was at its darkest hour, Abraham Lincoln fought 
        to end slavery and brought the country back together: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That room H-226 of the United States Capitol is 
designated as the ``Lincoln Room''.
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