[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20552-20553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 446--HONORING FORMER PRESIDENT JAMES EARL (JIMMY) 
              CARTER ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

  Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Lautenberg) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 446

       Whereas Jimmy Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, on 
     October 1, 1924;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter attended Georgia Southwestern College 
     and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. 
     degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter served honorably as a submariner in 
     the United States Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific 
     fleets, working under Admiral Hyman Rickover in the 
     development of the nuclear submarine program;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter continued his commitment to public 
     service, serving as Georgia State Senator and Governor of 
     Georgia;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th President of the 
     United States on November 2, 1976;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter created both the Departments of 
     Education and Energy and implemented major education policies 
     and a comprehensive national energy program;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter oversaw deregulation of the airline, 
     energy, and banking industries;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter promoted human rights as a tenet of 
     American foreign policy and pressed nations to uphold basic 
     human rights;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter furthered diplomatic relations with 
     the People's Republic of China;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter was instrumental in the negotiation 
     and signing of the Camp David Accord between Israel and 
     Egypt, signaling a new era of peace between those 2 
     countries;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter has continued his service to his 
     country since leaving the Presidency by championing safe and 
     affordable housing, human rights, and disease prevention;
       Whereas Jimmy Carter remains actively committed to 
     promoting peace and democracy abroad, supervising elections 
     in fledgling democracies, and helping to defuse international 
     crises in North Korea, Somalia, and Haiti; ``his decades of 
     untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international 
     conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to 
     promote economic and social development''; and
       Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate honors former President Jimmy 
     Carter on the occasion of his 80th birthday and extends best 
     wishes to him and his family.

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