,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #ac1         
#bjai,mrs4 ,beatty 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,norton1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1  
,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4       
,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,brown 
of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,ms4      
,moore1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of 
,new ,york1 and ,mrs4 ,luria7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,education
 and ,labor  ,,resolution  ,supporting  
the goals and ideals of ,national ,deaf 
,history ,month4  ,whereas the purpose  
of ,national ,deaf ,history ,month is to
 increase awareness of and express      
appreciation for the many contributions 
that deaf and hard-of-hearing           
individuals have made to our society2   
,whereas1 according to #bjag ,census    
,bureau estimates1 at least #aa1bjj1jjj 
individuals in the ,united ,states are  
deaf or hard of hearing2 ,whereas ,deaf 
culture is an important part of the     

fabric of our society2 ,whereas deaf and
 hard-of-hearing individuals have made  
and continue to make numerous           
contributions to the ,united ,states2   
,whereas the ,american ,school for the  
,deaf opened in ,hartford1 ,connecticut1
 on ,april #ae1 #ahag1 as the first     
public school for the deaf in the       
,united ,states2 ,whereas ,gallaudet    
,university was founded on ,april #h1   
#ahfd1 when ,president ,lincoln signed  
the charter establishing it as the first
 college for the deaf in the world2     
,whereas1 on ,march #ac1 #aihh1         
,gallaudet ,university selected its     
first deaf university president2        
,whereas ,national ,deaf ,history ,month
 has been observed from ,march #ac to   
,april #ae every year since #aiig2 and  
,whereas the ,national ,association of  
the ,deaf and the ,american ,library    
,association support recognizing ,march 
#ac to ,april #ae as ,national ,deaf    
,history ,month3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that the ,house of ,representatives--  

7#a7 supports the goals and ideals of   
,national ,deaf ,history ,month2  7#b7  
recognizes the many contributions that  
deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals    
have made to the ,united ,states2 and   
7#c7 encourages the people of the       
,united ,states to observe ,national    
,deaf ,history ,month with appropriate  
programs and activities4