119-sres19

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 19 Agreed to Senate

    (ATS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 19

 Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending 
 President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, 
 humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 9, 2025

 Mr. Warnock (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Thune, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
 Alsobrooks, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Banks, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, 
 Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
 Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. 
 Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. 
 Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. 
 Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kim, 
Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, 
 Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McConnell, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Merkley, 
 Mr. Moran, Mr. Moreno, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. 
 Risch, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
Schiff, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
 Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
 Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Vance, Mr. Warner, Ms. 
 Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
 Young) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
 agreed to

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 RESOLUTION

 Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending 
 President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, 
 humanitarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.

Whereas President Jimmy Carter was born James Earl Carter, Jr. on October 1, 
 1924, in Plains, Georgia;
Whereas President Carter excelled in his academic studies, graduating from 
 Plains High School in 1941, studying at Georgia Southwestern College and 
 the Georgia Institute of Technology, and graduating with distinction in 
 the top 10 percent of his class at the United States Naval Academy in 
 1946;
Whereas President Carter married Rosalynn Carter on July 7, 1946, and they later 
 had 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren;
Whereas President Carter served the United States as a Lieutenant in the United 
 States Navy submarine service, where he was assigned to the Navy's elite 
 nuclear submarine program, and, after his father's passing in 1953, he 
 resigned from his naval duties to return to Plains to run his family's 
 peanut farm and warehouse;
Whereas President Carter began his career of public service in leadership 
 positions in Sumter County, Georgia, before being elected to serve 2 
 terms as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967;
Whereas President Carter, while serving as the 76th Governor of Georgia from 
 1971 to 1975, challenged racial discrimination and wasteful government 
 practices and reorganized and streamlined State government;
Whereas the people of the United States elected Jimmy Carter to serve as the 
 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981;
Whereas, in September 1978, President Carter brokered the Camp David Accords 
 between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister 
 Menachem Begin, which established a framework for a historic peace 
 treaty between Israel and Egypt, beginning an era of lasting peace 
 between the 2 nations;
Whereas, in October 1978, President Carter signed the Civil Service Reform Act 
 of 1978 (Public Law 95-454; 92 Stat. 1111), which established the Office 
 of Personnel Management in the Executive Branch, created the Senior 
 Executive Service, and codified Federal labor relations for non-postal 
 Federal employees;
Whereas, during President Carter's administration, the United States and the 
 People's Republic of China established official diplomatic relations for 
 the first time;
Whereas President Carter worked with Congress to create the Department of 
 Education and the Department of Energy to oversee comprehensive 
 education and energy policy for the United States;
Whereas, in 1979, President Carter successfully negotiated the Strategic Arms 
 Limitations Treaty

    (SALT) II with Soviet Union General Secretary Leonid 
 Brezhnev to restrict the nuclear forces of both nations;
Whereas President Carter, after leaving the White House, remained devoted to 
 public service, serving as a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, 
 Georgia, and co-founding with his wife, Rosalynn, The Carter Center to 
 alleviate human suffering and advance human rights by strengthening 
 democracy, resolving conflicts, fighting neglected tropical diseases, 
 and improving access to mental health care worldwide;
Whereas The Carter Center has engaged in conflict mediation in the Middle East, 
 Africa, Europe, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia, spearheaded 
 efforts that have nearly eradicated the Guinea worm disease and 
 eliminated several other tropical diseases in regions of Africa and the 
 Americas, improved mental health care, faithfully observed more than 100 
 elections in 40 countries to strengthen global democracies, and promoted 
 international human rights;
Whereas President Carter was a dedicated volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and 
 co-led the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project for over 30 years, 
 working on approximately 4,400 homes in 14 countries to build affordable 
 housing;
Whereas President Carter received the United Nations Human Rights Prize in 1998;
Whereas President Carter and Rosalynn Carter jointly received the Presidential 
 Medal of Freedom in 1999 for their exemplary contributions towards 
 globally advancing peace, human rights, and health;
Whereas President Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his decades 
 of work in international conflict resolution, human rights, and economic 
 and social development, making him 1 of 4 United States Presidents to 
 receive the prize;
Whereas President Carter lived to be 100 years old, longer than any other 
 President; and
Whereas President Carter leaves behind an honorable legacy of humanitarian work 
 and a shining example of a lifetime of service: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Senate--

    (1) mourns the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, 
 the longest living President in the history of the United 
 States, and extends its sympathies to his family; and

    (2) honors the life and legacy of former President Jimmy 
 Carter and his contributions to the United States of America.
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