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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 250 

Honoring Dr. Edwin J. Feulner on the occasion of his 30th anniversary 

as President of the Heritage Foundation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 15, 2007 

Mr. HENSARLING (for himself, Mr. PENCE, Mrs. MYRICK, and Mr. SHADEGG) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Dr. Edwin J. Feulner on the occasion of his 30th 

anniversary as President of the Heritage Foundation. 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner was born in Chicago, Illinois, 

on August 12, 1941; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner graduated from Regis College 

in 1963; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania 

in 1964, a Richard Weaver Fellowship to the London 

School of Economics in 1965, and a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has served as treasurer and 

president of The Mont Pelerin Society; 


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Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner inspired by the great conservative minds of Russell Kirk, William F. Buckley, Milton 

Friedman, and Friedrich A. Hayek, co-founded the Philadelphia Society in 1964; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner served as an important member of the staff of both Congressman Melvin Laird—including serving as his ‘‘confidential assistant’’ when 

President Richard Nixon nominated Melvin Laird to be 

his Secretary of Defense—and Congressman Phil Crane; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has been a Heritage Foundation Trustee since 1973; 

Whereas Edwin J. Feulner, as executive director from 1974– 

1977, transformed the Republican Study Committee into 

a major force in the House of Representatives, the Republican Party, and the Washington political community; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner became President of the Heritage Foundation on June 1, 1977; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, as President of the Heritage 

Foundation, transformed the organization into what has 

been described as the ‘‘crown jewel’’ of the conservative 

movement by his strong leadership and keen ability to 

market policy; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner encouraged the Heritage 

Foundation to publish ‘‘Mandate for Leadership’’ which 

played a crucial role in getting the Reagan Administration off to a strong start in 1981; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner had the foresight to recognize 

the importance of the relationship of the United States 

with Asia, created the Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation, and promoted understanding in WashVerDate Aug 31 2005 18:18 Mar 16, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR250.IH HR250

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ington, DC, of how a free and prosperous Asia is in the 

national interest of the United States; 

Whereas, since 1982, Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has been a 

staunch advocate of addressing the approaching financial 

crisis in the Social Security System through personal retirement accounts; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has been a leading advocate 

of the implementation of a comprehensive missile-defense 

system, and was a crucial player in the formulation of 

the Strategic Defense Initiative of the Reagan Administration; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner chaired the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy and has played 

a crucial role in spreading America’s message around the 

world; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner served as Vice Chairman of 

the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax 

Reform (‘‘Kemp Commission’’) and as a member of the 

Congressional Commission on International Financial Institutions (‘‘Meltzer Commission’’), the President’s Commission on White House Fellows, the Secretary of State’s 

UNESCO Review Observation Panel, the Carlucci Commission on Foreign Aid, and the congressionally-mandated Task Force on the United Nations; 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has played a critical role in 

many other of our Nation’s greatest legislative successes, 

such as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which reformed the 

welfare system, and many of the tax cuts of the last 25 

years; 


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Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner was honored by President 

Ronald Reagan with the Presidential Citizens Medal—the 

citation of which noted ‘‘he has been the voice of reason 

and values in service to his country and the cause of freedom around the world’’; 

Whereas, through his leadership of the Heritage Foundation, 

Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has strived to build an America 

where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society 

flourish; and 

Whereas Dr. Edwin J. Feulner has always felt a great sense 

of responsibility to the three things that matter most to 

him—his religion, his family, and the Conservative Movement: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 

2 Dr. Edwin J. Feulner on the occasion of his 30th anniver3 sary as President of the Heritage Foundation, and ex4 presses gratitude for his service to the United States of 

5 America. 

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