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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 471 

Honoring former President George H.W. Bush on the occasion of his 90th

birthday and Barbara Bush on the occasion of her 89th birthday and 

extending the best wishes of the Senate to former President Bush and 

Mrs. Bush. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2014 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. KING, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. REID, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. AYOTTE, 

Mr. HATCH, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. THUNE, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. ISAKSON, 

Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. HELLER, Mr. WICKER, 

Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. COATS, Mr. 

CORKER, Mr. COBURN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. 

BARRASSO, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. RISCH, Mr. BURR, Mr. LEE, 

Mr. CRUZ, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. 

FRANKEN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. PAUL, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. 

COCHRAN, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. KIRK) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring former President George H.W. Bush on the occasion of his 90th birthday and Barbara Bush on the 

occasion of her 89th birthday and extending the best 

wishes of the Senate to former President Bush and Mrs. 

Bush. 

Whereas George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, 

Massachusetts, on June 12, 1924; 


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Whereas on his 18th birthday, George H.W. Bush enlisted in 

the Armed Forces of the United States; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush was the youngest pilot in the 

United States Navy when he received his wings; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush flew 58 combat missions during 

World War II, including a mission over the Pacific as a 

torpedo bomber pilot during which he was shot down by 

Japanese antiaircraft fire and later rescued from the 

water by a United States submarine, the U.S.S. Finback; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush was awarded the Distinguished 

Flying Cross and three Air Medals for his service during 

World War II; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush was honorably released from active duty in 1945, achieving the rank of Lieutenant; 

Whereas in January 1945, George H.W. Bush married Barbara Pierce; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush graduated from Yale University, 

where he was captain of the baseball team and excelled 

in academics; 

Whereas in 1966, George H.W. Bush was elected to the 

House of Representatives, where he served with integrity 

for two terms; 

Whereas in 1970, President Richard Nixon appointed George 

H.W. Bush to be the United States Ambassador to the 

United Nations, a post he held for two years after confirmation by the Senate; 

Whereas in 1974, President Gerald R. Ford appointed 

George H.W. Bush as chief of the United States Liaison 

Office in the People’s Republic of China, where his efforts helped foster the development of positive relations 


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between the United States and the People’s Republic of 

China; 

Whereas from January 1976 to January 1977, George H.W. 

Bush served as the Director of Central Intelligence, and 

the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters was later 

designated the George Bush Center for Intelligence in his 

honor; 

Whereas from 1981 to 1989, George H.W. Bush served as 

the 43rd Vice President of the United States; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush was elected the 41st President 

of the United States in 1988; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush directed the negotiation of and 

signed the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of 

Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Moscow July 31, 

1991 and entered into force December 5, 1994 (the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991 (START I)), which 

required the United States and the Soviet Union to reduce their nuclear arsenals by 1⁄3; 

Whereas during his Presidency, George H.W. Bush signed 

into law the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and Public Law 101-549 (commonly known as the ‘‘Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1990’’) (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.); 

Whereas since leaving office, George H.W. Bush has been an 

international ambassador of United States goodwill and 

a strong supporter of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, which 

was named for the former President in 1997; 

Whereas George H.W. Bush was awarded the Presidential 

Medal of Freedom in 2011; 


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Whereas, on June 8, 2014, former First Lady Barbara Bush, 

George H.W. Bush’s wife of 69 years, who has dedicated 

herself to promoting family literacy and improving the 

lives of the people of the United States through learning, 

celebrated her 89th birthday; and 

Whereas, on June 12, 2014, George H.W. Bush celebrates 

his 90th birthday: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) honors former President George H.W. Bush 

on the occasion of his 90th 3 birthday; and 

4 (2) extends the congratulations and best wishes 

5 of the Senate to former President Bush and Bar6 bara Bush. 

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