,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #bd1 #bjai ,ms4 ,duckworth 7for        
herself1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 and ,mr4         
,menendez7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,honoring the  
life1 legacy1 and achievements of ,marca
 ,bristo4  ,whereas ,marca ,bristo was  
born on ,june #bc1 #aiec1 in ,albany1   
,new ,york1 and earned a bachelor's     
degree in sociology from ,beloit        
,college in ,beloit1 ,wisconsin1 and a  
bachelor's degree in nursing from ,rush 
,university in ,chicago1 ,illinois2     
,whereas ,marca ,bristo became paralyzed
 from the chest down after a diving     
accident at age #bc2 ,whereas ,marca    
,bristo founded ,access ,living1 one of 
the leading disability rights and       
service organizations in the ,united    
,states1 in #aihj1 and advised and      
mentored disability1 political1 civic1  
and business leaders in ,chicago1 in the

 ,state of ,illinois1 and across the    
,united ,states for almost four decades 
while growing the global influence of   
,access ,living as a model for          
disability-led advocacy and peer        
support2 ,whereas ,marca ,bristo        
co-founded the ,national ,council on    
,independent ,living in #aihc2 ,whereas 
,marca ,bristo played a critical role in
 the passage of the ,civil ,rights      
,restoration ,act of #aihg 7,public ,law
 #ajj-bei2 #ajb ,stat4 #bh71 the ,fair  
,housing ,amendments ,act of #aihh      
7,public ,law #ajj-dcj2 #ajb ,stat4     
#afai71 the ,americans with             
,disabilities ,act of #aiij 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #abaja et seq471 and the ,,ada
 ,amendments ,act of #bjjh 7,public ,law
 #aaj-cbe2 #abb ,stat4 #ceec72 ,whereas 
,marca ,bristo received the             
,distinguished ,service ,award of the   
,president of the ,united ,states in    
#aiib2 ,whereas1 in #aiid1 ,president   
,bill ,clinton appointed ,marca ,bristo 
to serve as chairperson on the ,national

 ,council on ,disability1 making ,bristo
 the first person with a disability to  
serve in that role1 which she held until
 #bjjb2 ,whereas ,marca ,bristo-- 7#a7  
served as ,vice ,president of ,north    
,america for ,rehabilitation            
,international2  7#b7 participated in   
the negotiation sessions for the        
,convention on the ,rights of ,persons  
with ,disabilities1 which the ,united   
,nations adopted in #bjjf2 and  7#c7    
worked tirelessly in #bjab and #bjad for
 ratification of the ,convention on the 
,rights of ,persons with ,disabilities2 
and  ,whereas ,marca ,bristo dedicated  
her life to the principle that all      
people with disabilities deserve social 
inclusion and the right to determine    
their own life choices3 ,now1 therefore1
 be it  ,that the ,senate honors the    
life1 legacy1 and achievements of ,marca
 ,bristo1 one of the leading advocates  
in the ,united ,states for people with  
disabilities4