[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 17 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S702]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 61--HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF PEGGY CHARREN

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

                               S. Res. 61

       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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