[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18744-18745]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 269--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
 CITIZENS' STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHOULD RECOMMEND TO THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL THAT A COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP BE ISSUED IN HONOR OF FORMER 
              UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA JORDAN

  Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
Specter, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Durbin, 
Mr. Biden, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Boxer, and Ms. Landrieu) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:

                              S. Res. 269

       Whereas, in 1966, Barbara Jordan became the first African 
     American since 1883 to serve in the Texas Senate, where she 
     served with distinction until 1972;
       Whereas Barbara Jordan became the first African American 
     United States Representative from Texas when she won election 
     to represent Texas's 18th District in the United States House 
     of Representatives in 1972;
       Whereas, from 1979 to 1996, Barbara Jordan served as a 
     distinguished professor at the University of Texas Lyndon B. 
     Johnson School of Public Affairs, where she also held the 
     Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy;
       Whereas President Bill Clinton awarded Barbara Jordan the 
     Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian 
     honor, in August 1994; and
       Whereas Barbara Jordan was a pioneer whose devotion to 
     civil rights for all people in the United States resonates to 
     this day: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 
     Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the 
     Postmaster General that a commemorative postage stamp be 
     issued in honor of former United States Representative 
     Barbara Jordan.

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I submit today a resolution calling on 
former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan to be honored with a commemorative 
stamp. Congresswoman Jordan was the first African American and the 
first woman to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National 
Convention, which was delivered exactly 31 years ago today.
  Congresswoman Barbara Jordan was a pioneer whose devotion to civil 
rights certainly warrants recognition. She was born in Houston on 
February 21, 1936, educated in Houston's public schools, and received a 
B.A. in political science and history from Texas Southern University in 
1956. Congresswoman Jordan graduated from Boston University School of 
Law in 1959, after which she was admitted to the Massachusetts and 
Texas bars.
  In 1966, Congresswoman Jordan became the first African American since 
1883 to serve in the Texas Senate,

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where she served with distinction until 1972. That year, she won 
election to represent Texas' 18th District in the U.S. House of 
Representatives and became the State's first African-American 
Representative. In August 1994, President Bill Clinton awarded 
Congresswoman Jordan the Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest 
civilian honor.
  Overcoming some of the most difficult odds imaginable, Congresswoman 
Jordan always fought hard for what she believed in, devoting herself to 
improving the quality of life for all Americans. I am pleased that the 
Senate is considering this resolution which is cosponsored by 14 other 
Senators, including the 2 distinguished Senators from Texas, 
Congresswoman Jordan's home State.

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