H. Res. 1172 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 11, 2018. 
Whereas President George Herbert Walker Bush’s lifetime 
record of service to the United States will continue to in-
spire Americans for years to come; 
Whereas, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, George H.W. 
Bush joined the United States Naval Reserve in 1942 on 
his 18th birthday and became a distinguished naval avi-
ator; 
Whereas George H.W. Bush’s TBM Avenger aircraft was hit 
with enemy fire over Chi Chi Jima, and though the en-
gine was ablaze, he completed his mission and escaped 
over water, and floated on a raft for 4 hours before being 
rescued; 
Whereas George H.W. Bush flew 58 combat missions during 
the Second World War, and was awarded the Distin-
guished Flying Cross and the United States Navy Air 
Medal with 2 gold stars; 
Whereas George H.W. Bush graduated from Yale University 
with a degree in economics, and moved his family to 
West Texas and embarked on a successful career in the 
energy industry; 
Whereas, in 1966, George H.W. Bush was elected to rep-
resent Texas in the House of Representatives;
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Whereas, from 1971 to 1973, George H.W. Bush served as 
the United States Ambassador to the United Nations; 
Whereas, from 1974 to 1975, George H.W. Bush served as 
the Chief of the United States Liaison Office to the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China; 
Whereas, from 1976 to 1977, George H.W. Bush served as 
the Director of Central Intelligence; 
Whereas, from 1981 to 1989, George H.W. Bush served as 
the 43rd Vice President of the United States; 
Whereas, from 1989 to 1993, George H.W. Bush served as 
the 41st President of the United States; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush provided the steady 
leadership needed through the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 
reunification of Germany, the peaceful end of the Cold 
War, and the collapse of the Soviet Union; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush led a coalition of 32 
nations to restore Kuwait’s sovereignty following its inva-
sion by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush is noted for the ad-
vancement of civil rights with the signing of the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush negotiated the North 
American Free Trade Agreement, creating the world’s 
largest free trade zone; 
Whereas, on January 6, 2000, President George H.W. Bush 
and First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush became the longest 
married Presidential couple, setting forth for the Nation 
an example of love and commitment; 
Whereas, on January 10, 2009, the U.S.S. George H.W. 
Bush was commissioned as the 10th and final Nimitz-
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class carrier for the Navy, named in recognition of 
George H.W. Bush’s Navy service; 
Whereas, in 2011, President George H.W. Bush received the 
Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian award, 
for his life of public service and commitment to liberty; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush was a tireless advocate 
for volunteerism and community service, speaking in his 
inaugural address of ‘‘a Thousand Points of Light, of all 
the community organizations that are spread like stars 
throughout the Nation, doing good’’; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush 
were strong supporters of the Bush School of Govern-
ment and Public Service at Texas A&M University, estab-
lished in 1997 as a component of the George H.W. Bush 
Presidential Library, to encourage future generations to 
live a life of service to others; 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush, with Barbara Bush, 
had 6 children, 17 grandchildren, and 8 great-grand-
children, and considered Houston, Texas, his home and 
Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport, Maine, as his ‘‘anchor 
to windward’’; and 
Whereas President George H.W. Bush’s life will be remem-
bered for civility, public service, humility, and servant 
leadership: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its appreciation for the profound pub-
lic service of President George H.W. Bush; 
(2) expresses its deep sympathy to the children of 
President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara 
Bush: President George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush,
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Marvin Bush, and Dorothy Bush Koch, and to the entire 
family of the former President; and 
(3) directs the Clerk of the House to transmit a 
copy of this resolution to the family of President George 
H.W. Bush. 
Attest: 
Clerk.