IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 416 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the public 

service of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 17, 2007 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. SHAYS, 

Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. WALSH of New 

York, Mr. TANNER, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. WILSON

of South Carolina, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MCHUGH, 

Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. MILLER of 

Florida, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mrs. JO

ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. HAYES, 

Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. BROWN of 

South Carolina, Mr. FEENEY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. CONAWAY, 

Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. POE, Mr. 

KIRK, Mr. WICKER, Mr. DREIER, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. TIAHRT, and Mr. BLUNT) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the public service of Tony Blair, Prime Minister 

of the United Kingdom. 

Whereas Tony Blair has served as the Prime Minister of the 

United Kingdom for more than a decade, winning three 

general elections as leader of the Labour Party; 


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Whereas Mr. Blair played an instrumental role in achieving 

peace in Northern Ireland and negotiating the Good Friday Agreement which brought all communities into the 

political and governmental process and ended centuries of 

division, conflict, and strife; 

Whereas Mr. Blair committed himself to bringing devolved 

government to Northern Ireland which was achieved with 

the recent decision of the Democratic Unionist Party and 

Sinn Fe ́in agreeing to form a power-sharing government; 

Whereas the United Kingdom and the United States have 

had a long-standing alliance which was further strengthened during Tony Blair’s tenure as he and the United 

Kingdom stood side-by-side with the United States during conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq; 

Whereas Mr. Blair showed British solidarity with the United 

States after the 9/11 terrorist attacks by being the first 

foreign leader to visit Ground Zero and attending President Bush’s speech before a joint session of Congress on 

September 20, 2001; 

Whereas Mr. Blair displayed exemplary leadership as Prime 

Minister when the United Kingdom suffered its own terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005, when suicide bombers 

killed 52 people traveling on London’s public transportation system; 

Whereas the United Kingdom has been a steadfast ally to the 

United States in the Global War on Terror as it is the 

second largest contributor of coalition forces in Iraq and 

Afghanistan; and 

Whereas on July 17, 2003, Mr. Blair was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal that declared ‘‘Congress finds that 

Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom has 


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clearly demonstrated, during a very trying and historic 

time for our two countries, that he is a staunch and 

steadfast ally of the United States of America.’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the remarkable public service of 

3 Tony Blair during his tenure as Prime Minister of 

4 the United Kingdom; and 

5 (2) expresses appreciation to Mr. Blair for his 

6 steadfast support for the United States and Brit7 ain’s invaluable alliance to our Nation. 

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