#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
,j4 ,,res4 #ec  ,,joint ,,resolution    
,honoring the life of ,william ,billy   
,f4 ,graham1 ,jr4  ,whereas ,william    
,billy ,f4 ,graham1 ,jr41 was born on   
,november #g1 #aiah1 in ,charlotte1     
,north ,carolina2 ,whereas1 in #aici1   
,reverend ,graham was ordained by       
,peniel ,baptist ,church in ,florida2   
,whereas ,reverend ,graham studied at   
,florida ,bible ,institute and graduated
 from ,wheaton ,college in ,wheaton1    
,illinois1 in #aidc2 ,whereas ,reverend 
,graham married his wife of nearly #fd  
years1 ,ruth ,mc,cue ,bell1 in #aidc2   
,whereas ,reverend ,graham had #c       
daughters1 #b sons1 #ai grandchildren1  
and numerous great-grandchildren2       
,whereas1 in #aiej1 ,reverend ,graham   
founded the ,billy ,graham ,evangelistic
 ,association1 which is based in        
,charlotte1 ,north ,carolina2 ,whereas  
,reverend ,graham preached to nearly    
#bae1jjj1jjj individuals in more than   
#ahe countries and territories on #f    

continents2 ,whereas ,reverend ,graham  
provided spiritual counsel for every    
,president since ,harry ,truman2        
,whereas ,reverend ,graham prayed with  
members of the ,armed ,forces in combat 
zones in ,south ,korea and ,vietnam2    
,whereas ,reverend ,graham spoke against
 the communist ,soviet ,union1 saying1  
,communism has decided against ,god1    
against ,christ1 against the ,bible1 and
 against all religion42 ,whereas        
,reverend ,graham-- 7#a7 fought for     
racial integration2  7#b7 invited ,dr4  
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41 to preach  
with him in ,new ,york ,city in #aieg2  
and  7#c7 bailed ,dr4 ,martin ,luther   
,king1 ,jr41 out of jail when ,dr4 ,king
 was arrested for protesting            
segregation2 ,whereas1 following the    
terrorist attacks on ,september #aa1    
#bjja1 ,reverend ,graham spoke words of 
hope and comfort to the people of the   
,united ,states at the ,washington      
,national ,cathedral2 ,whereas ,reverend
 ,graham authored #cd books1 including  

the bestselling autobiography1 ,just as 
,i ,am1 which began by discussing his   
early days on a dairy farm in ,north    
,carolina and continued through his     
career as a preacher and evangelist2 and
 ,whereas ,reverend ,graham received    
numerous honors1 including-- 7#a7 the   
,north ,carolina ,award for ,public     
,service2  7#b7 the ,presidential ,medal
 of ,freedom2  7#c7 the ,ronald ,reagan 
,freedom ,award2 and  7#d7 the          
,congressional ,gold ,medal3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress-- 7#a7
 extends its sympathies to the family of
 ,william ,billy ,f4 ,graham1 ,jr42 and 
7#b7 honors-- 7,a7 the life and ministry
 of ,reverend ,graham2 and  7,b7 the    
contributions of ,reverend ,graham to-- 
7i7 the ,state of ,north ,carolina2     
7ii7 the ,united ,states of ,america2   
and  7iii7 the moral and religious lives
 of millions of individuals4  ,passed   
the ,senate ,february #bh1              
#bjah4,secretary