IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 385 

Celebrating the life of Millard Fuller, a life which provides all the evidence 

one needs to believe in the power of the human spirit to inspire hope 

and lift the burdens of poverty and despair from the shoulders of one’s 

fellow man. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2009 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia (for himself, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Mr. BARROW, 

Mr. BERRY, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. 

CARDOZA, Mr. CHILDERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. 

DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. HILL, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 

MICHAUD, Mr. MINNICK, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. NYE, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SHULER, 

Mr. TANNER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 

BISHOP of New York, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. 

SPRATT, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. BALDWIN, 

Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. 

KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 

Texas, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. 

SHEA-PORTER, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. EDWARDS

of Maryland, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 

LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, and Mr. GRIJALVA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 

Services 

RESOLUTION 

Celebrating the life of Millard Fuller, a life which provides 

all the evidence one needs to believe in the power of 

the human spirit to inspire hope and lift the burdens 


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of poverty and despair from the shoulders of one’s fellow 

man. 

Whereas Mr. Millard Fuller, as the founder of Habitat for 

Humanity and as a dedicated citizen, displayed extraordinary commitment, selflessness, and benevolence 

throughout a lifetime of philanthropy and goodwill; 

Whereas Mr. Fuller, despite achieving financial success by 

which he could live out the rest of his life in well-earned 

comfort, instead chose to devote himself to a cause greater than himself, abandoning his fortune for a life of service; 

Whereas this commitment was most profoundly manifested in 

the establishment of Habitat for Humanity in Americus, 

Georgia, an organization whose core principle was, in 

Millard Fuller’s own words, ‘‘To make it socially, morally, politically and religiously unacceptable to have substandard housing and homelessness’’; 

Whereas Habitat for Humanity has, since its founding in 

1976, and with the help of countless volunteers, constructed over 300,000 homes for 1,500,000 of the world’s 

less fortunate, providing hope that would otherwise be 

lost and promise that would otherwise lay unrealized; 

Whereas Habitat for Humanity’s success has left an enduring 

mark of progress on the world, an achievement facilitated 

by Millard Fuller’s leadership and commitment to a higher ideal, to a more empathetic and noble world, and to 

a vision of what can be achieved when a united people 

extend their hands in selfless service; 

Whereas Mr. Fuller’s life has been previously and deservedly 

honored by President William Jefferson Clinton, who 


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awarded him the Nation’s highest civilian honor, the 

Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996; and 

Whereas Millard Fuller passed away on February 3, 2009, 

leaving behind a loving wife, Linda Fuller, a proud family, and a world filled with inexhaustible gratitude: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) celebrates the life of Millard Fuller, a life 

3 which provides all the evidence one needs to believe 

4 in the power of the human spirit to inspire hope and 

5 lift the burdens of poverty and despair from the 

6 shoulders of one’s fellow man; 

7 (2) honors Millard Fuller for three decades of 

8 leadership and service through Habitat for Human9 ity, and the millions he and his organization have in10 spired to embrace a passion for the good and the 

11 just; and 

12 (3) urges the people of the United States to 

13 recognize and pay tribute to Millard Fuller’s life and 

14 legacy of service by carrying on his vision for a 

15 kinder, gentler world, following the example he so 

16 emphatically set. 

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