,,iv #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #aac ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #ab1 #bjbd,mr4 ,pfluger 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,granger1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,ellzey1 ,mr4 ,luttrell1 ,mr4 ,williams of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,fallon1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,fletcher1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,jackson of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,gooden of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4 ,self1 ,mr4 ,arrington1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mrs4 ,bice1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri1 ,mr4 ,donalds1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 and ,mr4 ,la,turner7 submitted the following concurrent resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,accountability ,,concurrent ,,resolution ,recognizing the life1 achievements1 and public service of former ,president ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush on the occasion of his #ajjth birthday4 ,whereas1 on ,june #ab1 #aibd1 ,george ,herbert ,walker ,bush was born in ,milton1 ,massachusetts2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush enlisted in the ,united ,states ,navy as a naval aviator on his #ahth birthday1 eventually flying his first combat mission in ,may #aidd1 bombing ,japanese-held ,wake ,island2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush was awarded the ,distinguished ,flying ,cross for his role in ,chichi ,jima where he successfully bailed from his aircraft and evaded capture2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush retired from the ,navy having flown #eh active missions1 completed #abh career landings1 and recorded #abbh hours of flight time2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush enrolled at ,yale ,college1 where he graduated in two and a half years2 ,whereas1 in college1 ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush captained the ,yale baseball team and played in the first two ,college ,world ,series2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush married ,barbara ,pierce on ,january #f1 #aide2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush had six children1 ,george ,w41 ,robin1 ,jeb1 ,neil1 ,marvin1 and ,dorothy2 ,whereas1 in ,june #aidh1 the young ,bush family moved to ,west ,texas1 where one of ,mr4 ,bush's companies1 ,zapata1 eventually became the ,pennzoil ,corporation1 while ,zapata ,off-shore ,co4 pioneered in offshore drilling with operations in the ,gulf of ,mexico1 ,brunei1 ,venezuela1 the ,sea of ,japan1 and the ,persian ,gulf2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush was elected as ,chairman of the ,harris ,county ,republican ,party in #aifc2 ,whereas1 in #aiff1 ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush ran for the ,house of ,representatives for ,texas' #gth ,congressional ,district1 and won2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush was appointed as the ,united ,states ,ambassador to the ,united ,nations in #aigj2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush was appointed as the ,chair of the ,republican ,national ,committee in #aigb2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush was confirmed as the ,director of ,central ,intelligence in #aigf2 ,whereas1 at the #aihj ,republican ,national ,convention1 ,republican ,presidential nominee ,ronald ,reagan selected ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush as his ,vice ,presidential nominee2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush assumed the role of ,vice ,president in #aiha2 ,whereas the ,reagan-,bush administration was reelected for a second term in #aihd2 ,whereas1 in #aihh1 ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush became the ,presidential nominee1 with running mate ,dan ,quayle1 ,senator from ,indiana2 ,whereas ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush won the election with over #djj electoral votes1 which remains the most recent election in which a candidate won over #djj electoral votes2 ,whereas1 during ,president ,bush's term in the ,oval ,office1 a revolution of human liberty swept the globe1 emancipating tens of millions of people and unleashing a series of transformative events2 ,whereas freedom prevailed in the ,cold ,war as the ,soviet ,union imploded1 the ,berlin ,wall fell1 and ,germany united within the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization following #de years of postwar division1 and from ,eastern ,europe to the ,baltic states to ,latin ,america to the former ,soviet republics1 many liberal democracies supplanted totalitarian regimes2 ,whereas ,president ,bush worked with ,soviet leader ,mikhail ,gorbachev and other key global figures to end the ,cold ,war peacefully and usher in a new geopolitical era marked by political self-determination1 the spread of market capitalism1 and the opening of closed economies2 ,whereas1 in ,august #aiij1 after ,iraqi troops under dictator ,saddam ,hussein invaded neighboring ,kuwait1 ,president ,bush forged a coalition of #cb countries to restore ,kuwaiti sovereignty and uphold international law2 ,whereas1 despite being the first sitting ,vice ,president elected to the ,presidency since ,martin van ,buren in #ahcg1 and only the second ,united ,states ,president elected to serve a full term without party control in either chamber of ,congress1 ,president ,bush signed into law the ,americans with ,disabilities ,act1 which1 among other accomplishments1 eliminated the barriers to employment1 public accommodations1 and transportation services for some #dc1jjj1jjj citizens with disabilities2 ,whereas ,george ,bush also signed the ,clean ,air ,act ,amendments of #aiij1 which guided ,united ,states environmental policy for more than two decades2 ,whereas the education summit ,mr4 ,bush hosted in #aihi with all #ej ,united ,states governors at the ,university of ,virginia helped to spur a national reform movement1 and the #aiij budget agreement he signed codified into law real caps on discretionary spending by ,congress while cutting the deficit by historic levels2 ,whereas ,president ,bush launched his ,points of ,light initiative to promote volunteerism and community service across the ,united ,states1 and during his term in office named #a1jbj ,daily ,points of ,light hailing from all #ej ,states2 ,whereas the ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush ,presidential ,library and ,museum was built in #aiig on the campus of ,texas ,a,m ,university2 ,whereas the ,bush ,school of ,government and ,public ,service was founded in #aiig on the campus of ,texas ,a,m ,university2 ,whereas1 after leaving the ,white ,house1 ,president ,bush chaired the ,board of ,visitors at the ,university of ,texas ,m4,d4 ,anderson ,cancer ,center from #bjja to #bjjc1 and later with his wife1 ,barbara1 ,mr4 ,bush served as honorary cochair of ,c-,change1 a collaborative group of key cancer leaders from the government1 business1 and nonprofit sectors who are committed to eliminate cancer as a major public health problem2 ,whereas1 in #aiig1 the ,george ,bush ,intercontinental ,airport in ,houston was renamed in his honor2 ,whereas the ,,uss ,george ,h4,w4 ,bush1 the tenth and final ,nimitz-class supercarrier of the ,united ,states ,navy1 was commissioned in #bjji2 and ,whereas1 at the time of their passing in #bjah1 ,george ,h4,w4 and ,barbara ,bush had been married for #gc years and were survived by #e children and their spouses1 #ag grandchildren1 and #h great-grandchildren3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that ,congress-- 7#a7 honors the life1 achievements1 and distinguished public service of ,george ,herbert ,walker ,bush2 7#b7 recognizes ,george ,herbert ,walker ,bush on the occasion of his #ajjth birthday and expresses thanks and commendations to him and his family2 7#c7 acknowledges the positive impact ,george ,herbert ,walker ,bush contributed to his country and the world through his decency and compassion2 and 7#d7 establishes the legacy of ,george ,herbert ,walker ,bush as one of the great leaders and statesmen of the ,united ,states4