IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 83 
Expressing the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 
of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier designated as CVN–79 or the 
aircraft carrier designated as CVN–80, should be named the U.S.S. 
Barry M. Goldwater. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Mr. SHADEGG (for himself, Mr. MACK, Mr. LATTA, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. KING 
of Iowa, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. FLEM-
ING, Mr. PENCE, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BART-
LETT, Mr. FLAKE, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. CHAFFETZ) sub-
mitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered 
aircraft carrier of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier 
designated as CVN–79 or the aircraft carrier designated 
as CVN–80, should be named the U.S.S. Barry M. Gold-
water. 
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater served as a pilot in the United 
States Army Air Corps during World War II and was 
later a Major General in the Air Force Reserve; 
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was an avid pilot throughout 
his military career and after his retirement; 
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Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was instrumental in the deseg-
regation of Phoenix schools, restaurants, and the Arizona 
National Guard; 
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was elected to the City Council 
in Phoenix in 1949, and served as a United States Sen-
ator from Arizona from 1953 to 1965 and again from 
1969 to 1987; 
Whereas throughout his tenure in Congress, Senator Gold-
water was as avid a proponent of a strong national de-
fense as he was a staunch opponent of communism and 
totalitarianism; 
Whereas Senator Goldwater served as chairman of the Senate 
Armed Services Committee and was responsible for the 
unanimous Senate passage of the Defense Department 
Reorganization Act of 1986, which streamlined command 
channels at the Pentagon; 
Whereas Senator Goldwater was nominated by the Repub-
lican Party as a candidate for President of the United 
States in 1964; 
Whereas Senator Goldwater memorably declared at the 1964 
Republican Convention, ‘‘I would remind you that extre-
mism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me re-
mind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice 
is no virtue’’; and 
Whereas Senator Barry M. Goldwater was awarded the Presi-
dential Medal of Freedom in 1986 by President Ronald 
Reagan: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that a nu-
clear-powered aircraft carrier of the Navy, either the air-
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craft carrier designated as CVN–79 or the aircraft carrier 
designated as CVN–80, should be named the U.S.S. Barry 
M. Goldwater. 
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