,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #aja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,norton submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,,resolution  ,expressing the 
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that the ,united ,states ,postal        
,service should issue a commemorative   
postage stamp in #bjae to honor         
,constantino ,brumidi1 ,artist of the   
,capitol1 and to commemorate the #aejth 
anniversary of his completion of ,the   
,apotheosis of ,washington in the eye of
 the dome of the ,capitol1 and for other
 purposes4  ,whereas on ,july #a1 #bjjh1
 ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush signed an 
,act of ,congress authorizing the       
,congressional ,gold ,medal be          
posthumously awarded to ,constantino    
,brumidi for his work in the ,capitol   
over #be years2 ,whereas the            
,congressional ,gold ,medal is the      
highest honor of civilian achievement   

that the ,congress bestows1 and this    
makes ,constantino ,brumidi worthy of a 
commemorative stamp2 ,whereas it has    
been estimated that approximately       
#b1jjj1jjj people saw ,constantino      
,brumidi's most famous work of art1 ,the
 ,apotheosis of ,washington1 in the     
,rotunda of the ,capitol last year2     
,whereas on ,july #aa1 #bjab1 the       
,congressional ,gold ,medal was         
presented in the ,capitol1 in a ceremony
 attended by the ,house and ,senate     
leadership and many ,members of         
,congress2 ,whereas on ,july #bf1 #ahje1
 ,constantino ,brumidi was born in      
,rome1 ,italy1 of an ,italian mother and
 a ,greek father who inspired him with a
 love of liberty2 ,whereas ,constantino 
,brumidi's ,greek ancestry stirred his  
passion for liberty and citizenship1 and
 his ,italian heritage provided the art 
styles of the ,renaissance and the      
,baroque periods which influenced the   
artwork of the ,united ,states ,capitol2
 ,whereas ,constantino ,brumidi became a

 citizen of the ,united ,states as soon 
as he was able1 embracing its history1  
values1 and ideals2 ,whereas in #ahfe1  
at the end of the ,civil ,war1          
,constantino ,brumidi completed in just 
#aa months his masterpiece1 ,the        
,apotheosis of ,washington1 in the eye  
of the ,capitol dome2 ,whereas in #ahga1
 ,constantino ,brumidi created the first
 tribute to an ,african-,american in the
 ,capitol when he placed the figure of  
,crispus ,attucks at the center of his  
fresco of the ,boston ,massacre2        
,whereas in #ahgh1 ,constantino         
,brumidi1 at the age of #gb and in poor 
health1 began work on the ,rotunda      
frieze1 which chronicles the history of 
,america2 ,whereas on ,february #ai1    
#ahhj1 ,constantino ,brumidi died at the
 age of #gd1 four-and-a-half months     
after slipping and nearly falling from a
 scaffold while working on the ,rotunda 
frieze2 ,whereas ,constantino ,brumidi1 
proud of his artistic accomplishments   
and devoted to his adopted country1     

said1 ,my one ambition and my daily     
prayer is that ,i may live long enough  
to make beautiful the ,capitol of the   
one country on earth in which there is  
liberty2 ,whereas ,constantino          
,brumidi's life and work exemplify the  
lives of millions of immigrants who came
 to pursue the ,american dream2 ,whereas
 the ,united ,states ,postal ,service   
has yet to issue a stamp to honor the   
memory of ,constantino ,brumidi1 ,artist
 of the ,capitol2 and ,whereas issuing a
 postage stamp to honor the memory of   
,constantino ,brumidi1 ,artist of the   
,capitol1 is fitting and proper3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,house of ,representatives that--
  7#a7 the ,united ,states ,postal      
,service should issue a commemorative   
postage stamp to honor ,constantino     
,brumidi1 ,artist of the ,capitol2  7#b7
 the stamp should be issued to          
commemorate the #aejth anniversary of   
,constantino ,brumidi's completion of   
,the ,apotheosis of ,washington2 and    

7#c7 the ,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory    
,committee should recommend to the      
,postmaster ,general that such a stamp  
be so issued4