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. PETER-
SON, 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 fol-
lowing 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 extraor-
dinary 
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 great-
er than himself, abandoning his fortune for a life of serv-
ice; 
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, mor-
ally, politically and religiously unacceptable to have sub-
standard housing and homelessness’’; 
Whereas Habitat for Humanity has, since its founding in 
1976, and with the help of countless volunteers, con-
structed 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 high-
er 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 fam-
ily, and a world filled with inexhaustible gratitude: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) celebrates 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; 
(2) honors Millard Fuller for three decades of 
leadership and service through Habitat for Human-
ity, and the millions he and his organization have in-
spired to embrace a passion for the good and the 
just; and 
(3) urges the people of the United States to 
recognize and pay tribute to Millard Fuller’s life and 
legacy of service by carrying on his vision for a 
kinder, gentler world, following the example he so 
emphatically set. 
Æ 
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