IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 494 
Honoring the esteemed former President William Jefferson Clinton on the 
occasion of his 61st birthday. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MCCOLLUM of 
Minnesota, Mr. HILL, Mr. DICKS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. BACA, Mr. 
DINGELL, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. STARK, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. SNY-
DER, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. KIND, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Ms. CLARKE) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the esteemed former President William Jefferson 
Clinton on the occasion of his 61st birthday. 
Whereas former President William Jefferson Clinton was 
born in Hope, Arkansas, on August 19, 1946; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton attended Georgetown Uni-
versity as an undergraduate and received a distinguished 
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Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in 
1968; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton received a law degree 
from Yale University in 1973; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton established a record of 
public service and leadership as Attorney General of Ar-
kansas, Governor of Arkansas, and Chairman of the Na-
tional Governors Association; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton diligently campaigned for 
and won the Democratic nomination for President in 
1992; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton was elected the 42d Presi-
dent of the United States in 1992 and was reelected for 
a second term in 1996; 
Whereas during William Jefferson Clinton’s time in office the 
United States experienced 8 years of economic expansion, 
job growth, and the transformation of a budget deficit 
into a budget surplus; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton’s national service pro-
gram, AmeriCorps, was created and has rallied over 
400,000 volunteers to help meet the nation’s education, 
public safety, health, and the environmental needs. 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton rallied the members of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization to put an end to eth-
nic cleansing in the Balkans and to depose the mur-
derous regime of Slobodan Milosevic, actions which even-
tually led to the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton played a critical role in 
the Good Friday Peace Accords which finally brought 
peace to war-torn Northern Ireland; 
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Whereas William Jefferson Clinton continued his humani-
tarian efforts beyond his presidency as along with former 
President George H.W. Bush, he proudly led the United 
States effort to help rebuild lives and communities by 
providing private aid to the victims of the devastating 
tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 
2004; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton and former President 
George H.W. Bush were appointed co-chairs of the Bush- 
Clinton Katrina Relief Fund to provide both medium- 
and long-term relief for areas of the United States af-
fected by Hurricane Katrina and have organized the do-
nation of over $80 million in aid relief; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton has taken concrete action 
to combat the worldwide AIDS epidemic by establishing 
the Clinton HIV/AIDS initiative and has provided medi-
cation and tests to thousands of people in the developing 
world to accomplish this end; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton launched the Clinton Cli-
mate Initiative (CCI) to help in the fight against global 
climate change in practical and measurable ways and to 
join with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group 
comprised of most of the world’s largest cities, in working 
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; 
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton has dedicated and con-
tinues to dedicate his life to serving the American people 
and myriad noble causes around the world; and 
Whereas in the words of President George W. Bush, ‘‘Wil-
liam Jefferson Clinton showed a deep and far-ranging 
knowledge of public policy, a great compassion for people 
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in need, and the forward-looking spirit the Americans like 
in a President’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occa-
sion of his 61st birthday on August 19, 2007, and extend 
best wishes to him and his family. 
Æ 
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