,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #gfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #aa1      
#bjai,mr4 ,green of ,texas 7for himself1
 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1   
,mr4 ,olson1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1    
,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 and ,mr4   
,brady7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce     
,,resolution  ,commemorating the        
centennial of ,houston ,methodist       
,hospital4  ,whereas ,houston ,methodist
 ,hospital is a nonprofit health care   
institution that has been devoted to    
providing compassionate and exceptional 
health care in ,houston1 ,texas1 for    
#ajj years2 ,whereas ,houston ,methodist
 ,hospital opened its doors in #aiai as 
an outreach ministry of the ,methodist  
,episcopal ,church1 and has since saved 
countless lives through its mission of  
putting the patient's physical1 mental1 
and spiritual needs at the center of    

everything it does2 ,whereas ,houston   
,methodist ,hospital now stands as the  
flagship hospital of the ,houston       
,methodist system serving the greater   
,houston community with #a4c million    
patient encounters in the last year     
across #h hospitals with a robust       
network of primary and specialty care   
physicians and more than #bc1jjj        
employees2 ,whereas ,houston ,methodist 
,hospital has been a leader and         
incubator of innovation within medicine 
and continues to invest in the research 
and development of innovative medical   
breakthroughs1 technologies1 and ideas1 
such as the world's first multiorgan    
transplant and the world's first        
successful coronary bypass grafting     
using the patient's own leg vein1 among 
many others2 ,whereas ,houston          
,methodist ,hospital's history of       
academic collaborations has empowered   
new generations of clinicians and       
researchers through creating medical    
education programs that are             

translational1 interdisciplinary1 and   
transformative2 and ,whereas ,houston   
,methodist ,hospital has consistently   
been acknowledged for its quality1      
safety1 and excellence1 including being 
ranked the number one hospital in the   
,state of ,texas for eight consecutive  
years and a national ,honor ,roll       
hospital by ,u4,s4 ,news and ,world     
,report1 and has also been recognized   
for its outstanding specialties in      
neurology and neurosurgery1 pulmonology1
 orthopedics1 cancer1 cardiology and    
heart surgery1 urology1 and many other  
medical specialties3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it  ,that the ,house of                
,representatives recognizes the #ajjth  
anniversary of ,houston ,methodist      
,hospital's founding1 for its role as a 
pioneer and leader in medicine1 and as a
 model in providing high-quality1       
cost-effective health care for patients 
through an unwavering focus on safety1  
quality1 service1 and innovation4