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. PUT-
NAM, 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 regard-
ing 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 Fri-
day 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 strength-
ened during Tony Blair’s tenure as he and the United 
Kingdom stood side-by-side with the United States dur-
ing 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 Presi-
dent 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 ter-
rorist attacks on July 7, 2005, when suicide bombers 
killed 52 people traveling on London’s public transpor-
tation 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 Con-
gressional 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the remarkable public service of 
Tony Blair during his tenure as Prime Minister of 
the United Kingdom; and 
(2) expresses appreciation to Mr. Blair for his 
steadfast support for the United States and Brit-
ain’s invaluable alliance to our Nation. 
Æ 
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