IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 760 
Commemorating the centennial of Houston Methodist Hospital. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. 
OLSON, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
BABIN, Mr. CRENSHAW, and Mr. BRADY) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the centennial of Houston Methodist 
Hospital. 
Whereas Houston Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health 
care institution that has been devoted to providing com-
passionate and exceptional health care in Houston, 
Texas, for 100 years; 
Whereas Houston Methodist Hospital opened its doors in 
1919 as an outreach ministry of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, and has since saved countless lives through its 
mission of putting the patient’s physical, mental, and 
spiritual needs at the center of everything it does; 
Whereas Houston Methodist Hospital now stands as the flag-
ship hospital of the Houston Methodist system serving 
the greater Houston community with 1.3 million patient 
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encounters in the last year across 8 hospitals with a ro-
bust network of primary and specialty care physicians 
and more than 23,000 employees; 
Whereas Houston Methodist Hospital has been a leader and 
incubator of innovation within medicine and continues to 
invest in the research and development of innovative 
medical breakthroughs, technologies, and ideas, such as 
the world’s first multiorgan transplant and the world’s 
first successful coronary bypass grafting using the pa-
tient’s own leg vein, among many others; 
Whereas Houston Methodist Hospital’s history of academic 
collaborations has empowered new generations of clini-
cians and researchers through creating medical education 
programs that are translational, interdisciplinary, and 
transformative; and 
Whereas Houston Methodist Hospital has consistently been 
acknowledged for its quality, safety, and excellence, in-
cluding being ranked the number one hospital in the 
State of Texas for eight consecutive years and a national 
Honor Roll hospital by U.S. News and World Report, 
and has also been recognized for its outstanding special-
ties in neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology, ortho-
pedics, cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, urology, and 
many other medical specialties: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the 100th anniversary of Houston Methodist Hos-
pital’s founding, for its role as a pioneer and leader in 
medicine, and as a model in providing high-quality, cost- 
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effective health care for patients through an unwavering 
focus on safety, quality, service, and innovation. 
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