[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 838 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 838

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                        April 24, 2018.
Whereas Barbara Pierce was born on June 8, 1925, in New York City;
Whereas Barbara Pierce became engaged to George Herbert Walker Bush and, while 
        awaiting his return from combat during World War II, supported the war 
        effort by working at a nuts and bolts factory in Port Chester, New York;
Whereas Barbara Bush was married to President George H.W. Bush for 73 years, and 
        together they had 2 daughters, 4 sons, 17 grandchildren, and 8 great-
        grandchildren;
Whereas as Second Lady of the United States, Barbara Bush became a passionate 
        champion for family literacy and published ``C. Fred's Story: A Dog's 
        Life'', which raised $100,000 for Literacy Volunteers of America and 
        Laubach Literacy Action;
Whereas, in January of 1983, Barbara Bush joined the board of the Morehouse 
        School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and worked with Dr. Louis 
        Sullivan to help raise $10 million for the school's first capital 
        campaign;
Whereas First Lady Barbara Bush founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family 
        Literacy in 1989, and over the course of 30 years raised more than $110 
        million to support family literacy programs in every State across 
        America;
Whereas while serving as First Lady, Barbara Bush visited facilities for AIDS 
        victims and held infected babies and hugged adults, and in so doing, 
        helped erase the stigma of that disease;
Whereas, in 1991, Barbara Bush and other advocates worked for the passage of the 
        National Literacy Act of 1991, which created the National Institute for 
        Literacy and permitted the use of libraries and other municipal property 
        as evening literacy centers for adults;
Whereas after leaving the White House, Barbara Bush continued to support a broad 
        range of important organizations and causes, including AmeriCares, the 
        Mayo Clinic Foundation, the Leukemia Society of America, the Ronald 
        McDonald House, and the Boys & Girls Club of America;
Whereas three primary schools and two middle schools in Texas have been named 
        for Barbara Bush, along with an elementary school in Mesa, Arizona, the 
        Barbara Bush Library in Harris County, Texas, and the Barbara Bush 
        Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine;
Whereas Barbara Bush shares the rare distinction with Abigail Adams of being 
        both a wife to, and mother of, a President of the United States, and is 
        also the mother of a Governor of Florida and a Governor of Texas; and
Whereas Barbara Bush was a truly great American, First and Second Lady of the 
        United States, literacy advocate, author, mother, and ``Ganny'': Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) extends its sympathies to the family of Barbara Bush; and
            (2) honors the life of First Lady Barbara Bush and her contribution 
        to the United States of America.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.