,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjad    
,mrs4 ,beatty 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,payne1
 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4       
,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,van     
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,rangel1  
,mr4 ,tierney1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4       
,capuano1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mrs4
 ,ellmers1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,stivers1
 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4        
,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4     
,yoho1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,rice of ,south
 ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice        
,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1 
,ms4 ,kelly of ,illinois1 ,ms4          
,slaughter1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1   
,ms4 ,edwards1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of        
,california1 ,mr4 ,heck of ,washington1 
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,doggett1 ,ms4 
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1   
,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,pallone1
 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mr4 ,stockman1 ,mr4    
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4  

,quigley1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of     
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mrs4 ,bustos1
 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of     
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4
 ,al ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,waxman1    
,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,ms4 ,kuster1 ,mrs4      
,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 
,moore1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,waters1  
,mr4 ,enyart1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4      
,cummings1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,linda ,t4 
,snchez of ,california1 ,mr4            
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,thompson 
of ,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4    
,daines1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1 
,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4      
,ellison1 ,mr4 ,fattah1 ,mr4 ,johnson of
 ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1  
,mr4 ,becerra1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4
 ,renacci1 ,mr4 ,garcia1 ,ms4 ,schwartz1
 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mrs4 ,davis of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,ms4        
,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north        
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,cuellar1 ,mr4 ,polis1  
,mr4 ,barber1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1 
,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1  

,mr4 ,butterfield1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4   
,meeks1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,ms4 ,sewell of 
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,clay1 and ,ms4 ,fudge7  
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 stamp honoring the
 life of ,maya ,angelou4  ,whereas ,dr4 
,maya ,angelou1 was born ,marguerite    
,ann ,johnson in ,st4 ,louis1 ,missouri1
 on ,april #d1 #aibh1 and raised in     
,arkansas2 ,whereas ,maya ,angelou was a
 prominent and celebrated author1 poet1 
educator1 producer1 actress1 filmmaker1 
and civil rights activist2 ,whereas     
hailed for her talents as a performing  
artist at an early age1 ,maya ,angelou  
toured ,europe with a production of the 
,gershwin opera ,porgy and ,bess in     
#aiee and released her first album in   
#aieg2 ,whereas ,maya ,angelou was      
active in the civil rights movement and 

was a personal friend of both ,dr4      
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41 and        
,malcolm ,x2 ,whereas ,maya ,angelou    
served as a leader of the ,southern     
,christian ,leadership ,conference      
during the civil rights movement2       
,whereas in #aifi1 ,maya ,angelou wrote 
the autobiography ,i ,know ,why the     
,caged ,bird ,sings1 which catapulted   
her to international acclaim for its    
vivid and honest depiction of the       
experience of black women in the ,jim   
,crow era2 ,whereas ,maya ,angelou has  
published more than #cj best-selling    
titles1 including her collection of     
poems1 ,just ,give ,me a ,cool ,drink of
 ,water #8fore ,i ,diiie1 which earned  
her a ,pulitzer ,prize nomination2      
,whereas ,maya ,angelou wrote the       
screenplay and composed the score for   
the #aigb film ,georgia1 ,georgia2 her  
script1 the first by an                 
,african-,american woman to be filmed2  
,whereas ,maya ,angelou served in       
various capacities to several           

,presidents of the ,united ,states1     
including ,president ,gerald ,ford1 who 
appointed her to the ,american          
,revolution ,bicentennial ,commission1  
and ,president ,jimmy ,carter1 who      
appointed her to serve on the           
,presidential ,commission for the       
,international ,year of the ,woman2     
,whereas ,maya ,angelou was the first   
,african-,american to serve as an       
,inaugural ,poet1 authoring and reciting
 the poem ,on the ,pulse of ,morning in 
#aiic2 ,whereas ,maya ,angelou was a    
trailblazer in literature and poetry who
 bravely explored the ways in which     
socially marginalizing forces affected  
,african-,american women2 ,whereas ,maya
 ,angelou was honored with the          
,presidential ,medal of ,freedom in     
#bjaa1 the ,lincoln ,medal in #bjjh1 and
 the ,national ,medal of ,arts in #bjjj 
for her exceptional contributions to    
,american culture as an author and poet2
 ,whereas ,maya ,angelou passed away on 
,may #bh1 #bjad1 in her ,north ,carolina

 home at age #hf1 leaving behind a      
legacy of literacy achievement and an   
indelible mark on the movement for civil
 rights2 and ,whereas issuing a postage 
stamp honoring ,maya ,angelou is fitting
 and proper3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that--  7#a7 the       
,postmaster ,general should issue a     
commemorative postage stamp honoring    
,maya ,angelou2 and  7#b7 such stamp    
should--  7,a7 be issued in the         
denomination used for first-class mail  
up to #a ounce in weight2  7,b7 bear    
such illustration or picture as the     
,postmaster ,general determines2 and    
7,c7 be placed in sale at such time and 
for such period as the ,postmaster      
,general determines4