[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 195 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H10082-H10083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform be discharged from further 
consideration of House Resolution 1172, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1172

       Whereas President George Herbert Walker Bush's lifetime 
     record of service to the United States will continue to 
     inspire Americans for years to come;
       Whereas, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, George H.W. Bush 
     joined the United States Naval Reserve in 1942 on his 18th 
     birthday and became a distinguished naval aviator;
       Whereas George H.W. Bush's TBM Avenger aircraft was hit 
     with enemy fire over Chi Chi Jima, and though the engine was 
     ablaze, he completed his mission and escaped over water, and 
     floated on a raft for 4 hours before being rescued;
       Whereas George H.W. Bush flew 58 combat missions during the 
     Second World War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying 
     Cross and the United States Navy Air Medal with 2 gold stars;
       Whereas George H.W. Bush graduated from Yale University 
     with a degree in economics, and moved his family to West 
     Texas and embarked on a successful career in the energy 
     industry;
       Whereas, in 1966, George H.W. Bush was elected to represent 
     Texas in the House of Representatives;
       Whereas, from 1971 to 1973, George H.W. Bush served as the 
     United States Ambassador to the United Nations;
       Whereas, from 1974 to 1975, George H.W. Bush served as the 
     Chief of the United States Liaison Office to the People's 
     Republic of China;
       Whereas, from 1976 to 1977, George H.W. Bush served as the 
     Director of Central Intelligence;
       Whereas, from 1981 to 1989, George H.W. Bush served as the 
     43rd Vice President of the United States;
       Whereas, from 1989 to 1993, George H.W. Bush served as the 
     41st President of the United States;
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush provided the steady 
     leadership needed through the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 
     reunification of Germany, the peaceful end of the Cold War, 
     and the collapse of the Soviet Union;
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush led a coalition of 32 
     nations to restore Kuwait's sovereignty following its 
     invasion by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein;
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush is noted for the 
     advancement of civil rights with the signing of the Americans 
     with Disabilities Act;
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush negotiated the North 
     American Free Trade Agreement, creating the world's largest 
     free trade zone;
       Whereas, on January 6, 2000, President George H.W. Bush and 
     First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush became the longest married 
     Presidential couple, setting forth for the Nation an example 
     of love and commitment;
       Whereas, on January 10, 2009, the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush 
     was commissioned as the 10th and final Nimitz-class carrier 
     for the Navy, named in recognition of George H.W. Bush's Navy 
     service;

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       Whereas, in 2011, President George H.W. Bush received the 
     Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian award, for 
     his life of public service and commitment to liberty;
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush was a tireless advocate 
     for volunteerism and community service, speaking in his 
     inaugural address of ``a Thousand Points of Light, of all the 
     community organizations that are spread like stars throughout 
     the Nation, doing good'';
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush were 
     strong supporters of the Bush School of Government and Public 
     Service at Texas A&M University, established in 1997 as a 
     component of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, to 
     encourage future generations to live a life of service to 
     others;
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush, with Barbara Bush, had 
     6 children, 17 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren, and 
     considered Houston, Texas, his home and Walker's Point in 
     Kennebunkport, Maine, as his ``anchor to windward''; and
       Whereas President George H.W. Bush's life will be 
     remembered for civility, public service, humility, and 
     servant leadership: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) expresses its appreciation for the profound public 
     service of President George H.W. Bush;
       (2) expresses its deep sympathy to the children of 
     President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush: 
     President George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, 
     and Dorothy Bush Koch, and to the entire family of the former 
     President; and
       (3) directs the Clerk of the House to transmit a copy of 
     this resolution to the family of President George H.W. Bush.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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