[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 31 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 31

              Honoring the life of Harris L. Wofford, Jr.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 25 (legislative day, January 24), 2019

    Mr. Casey (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              Honoring the life of Harris L. Wofford, Jr.

Whereas the life of service and commitment of Harris L. Wofford, Jr., is an 
        inspiration to the people of the United States and people around the 
        world and will be for years to come;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., served in the Army Air Corps during World War 
        II;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., served on the Civil Rights Commission 
        established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., was a champion of civil rights and nonviolence 
        and helped create and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Public Law 85-
        315; 71 Stat. 634), the first civil rights legislation since 
        Reconstruction;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., served as Special Assistant to the President for 
        Civil Rights and Chairman of the Subcabinet Group on Civil Rights under 
        President John F. Kennedy;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., played a key role in the formation of the Peace 
        Corps and served as the special representative to Africa and director 
        and associate director of operations in Ethiopia;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., participated in the Selma to Montgomery Civil 
        Rights marches in 1965 in support of voting rights for African 
        Americans;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., was a staunch advocate for higher education and 
        served as the President of the State University of New York at Old 
        Westbury and the President of Bryn Mawr College;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., served as Secretary of Labor and Industry in the 
        Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1987 to 1991;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., served as a United States Senator for 
        Pennsylvania from May 8, 1991, to January 3, 1995;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., was an advocate for health care access;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., championed national service and was instrumental 
        in passing the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (Public 
        Law 103-82), which established AmeriCorps, the Senior Corps, and Learn 
        and Serve America, and served as head of AmeriCorps;
Whereas Harris L. Wofford, Jr., helped establish the Federal holiday marking the 
        birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., as a national day of service and 
        worked on legislation directing the Corporation for National and 
        Community Service to spearhead the effort marking this day of service; 
        and
Whereas, in 2012, Harris L. Wofford, Jr., was awarded the Presidential Citizens 
        Medal, the second-highest civilian honor in the United States, for his 
        lifetime of humanitarian work: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate--
                    (A) notes with deep sorrow and solemn mourning the 
                death of Harris L. Wofford, Jr.;
                    (B) extends heartfelt sympathy to the entire family 
                of Harris L. Wofford, Jr.;
                    (C) honors and, on behalf of the United States, 
                expresses deep appreciation for the outstanding and 
                important service of Harris L. Wofford, Jr., to the 
                United States; and
                    (D) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
                Senate communicate this resolution to the House of 
                Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy of this 
                resolution to the family of Harris L. Wofford, Jr.; and
            (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands adjourned as 
        a further mark of respect to the memory of Harris L. Wofford, 
        Jr.
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