[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E36]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AND FIRST SPOUSE BARBARA BUSH COIN ACT

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                               speech of

                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 13, 2020

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of Congress, and an 
admirer and friend of the Bush Family, I rise in support of S. 457, 
``President George H.W. Bush and First Spouse Barbara Bush Coin Act,'' 
to require that $1 coins issued during 2020 honor President George H.W. 
Bush and bullion coins issued during 2020 are in honor of Barbara Bush.
  President Bush and First Lady Barbara were friends of mine, and I 
have always respected and admired their service to this country.
  President Bush was a heroic naval aviator, a member of congress, 
Director of Central Intelligence Agency, Vice President of the United 
States, and the 41st President of the United States, and First Lady 
Barbara Bush was a leading force in our country who worked to improve 
literacy and strengthen American families by her prime example as a 
mother to five children and wife to the 41st U.S. President, and mother 
of sons who were elected Governor and one of whom was elected the 43rd 
President of the United States.
  President George H.W. Bush moved himself and his young family to 
Texas in 1948 and Texans are very grateful to the Bushes for all the 
work they did to improve and strengthen Texas and the nation during 
their lives.
  The minting of a $1 coin and a bullion coin to honor these two great 
Americans will ensure that the memory of the 41st President of the 
United States, George H.W. Bush, and First Lady Barbara Bush, will live 
on and be celebrated for their hard work and devotion to the 
Constitution and our country.

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