[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 798 Engrossed in House (EH)]
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 6, 2004.
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;
Whereas Jimmy Carter oversaw deregulation of the airline, energy and banking
industries;
Whereas Jimmy Carter established human rights as a tenet of American foreign
policy;
Whereas Jimmy Carter inaugurated diplomatic relations with the People's Republic
of China;
Whereas Jimmy Carter successfully negotiated both the Panama Canal and SALT II
Treaties;
Whereas Jimmy Carter was instrumental in the completion of the Camp David Accord
between Israel and Egypt, signaling a new era of peace between those two
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 democracy abroad
and supervising elections in fledgling democracies;
Whereas Jimmy Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for ``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
Whereas Jimmy Carter serves as an international symbol of the integrity and
compassion of the country he loves: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors former President Jimmy
Carter on the occasion of his 80th birthday and extends best wishes to him and
his family.
Attest:
Clerk.