IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 614 
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, and 
commending Dr. Feulner for his life-long commitment to the conservative 
movement and his distinct contributions to his country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2025 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself, Mr. CLINE, Mr. MCDOWELL, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. 
BEAN of Florida, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. 
MANN, and Mr. RULLI) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Edwin J. 
Feulner, and commending Dr. Feulner for his life-long 
commitment to the conservative movement and his dis-
tinct contributions to his country. 
Whereas Dr. Edwin John Feulner Jr. was born on August 
12, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois to Helen Joan Feulner and 
Edwin J. Feulner Sr., who owned a local real estate firm; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner was raised in a devout Roman Catholic 
family, an upbringing that would ultimately have a major 
impact on his life and work; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner excelled in his academic studies, grad-
uating from the Immaculate Conception High School in 
Elmhurst, Illinois, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts 
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from Regis University, earning an M.B.A from the Whar-
ton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, 
and receiving a PhD in political science from the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh in Scotland; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner’s lifelong commitment to public service 
began in the 1960s when he served as a confidential as-
sistant to Congressman Melvin R. Laird, and eventually 
as chief of staff to Congressman Philip M. Crane; 
Whereas, in 1973, Dr. Feulner founded the Republican Study 
Committee alongside Paul Weyrich, serving as the Com-
mittee’s first Executive Director; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner’s leadership of the Republican Study 
Committee, which remains in existence 52 years later as 
the conservative conscience of the House of Representa-
tives, radically altered the way the conservative movement 
operated within Congress, giving influence and agency to 
conservative legislators in an unprecedented way; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner’s immense contributions to the conserv-
ative movement continued outside the halls of Congress, 
when in 1973 he founded the Heritage Foundation; 
Whereas, in 1977, Dr. Feulner became President of the Her-
itage Foundation, spending the next 36 years at the helm 
of the Nation’s preeminent conservative think tank; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner grew the Heritage Foundation from a 
small outfit of just 12 employees to one of the most influ-
ential forces within the conservative movement, a think 
tank that The New York Times referred to as the ‘‘par-
thenon of the conservative metropolis’’ and that revolu-
tionized the way conservatives developed and executed on 
public policy; 
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Whereas, in 1989, President Reagan awarded Dr. Feulner 
the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civil-
ian award in the United States that recognizes individ-
uals who have, ‘‘performed exemplary deeds or services 
for his or her country or fellow citizens’’; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner was the author of 9 books including 
The March for Freedom, a seminal piece on the future 
of the conservative movement in the United States, and 
Conservatives Stalk the House, a history of the Repub-
lican Study Committee; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner was married to the love of his life, 
Linda, for over 50 years, had 2 children, Edwin J. 
Feulner III and Emily V. Lown, and 3 grandchildren; 
Whereas, on July 18, 2025, Dr. Feulner passed away at the 
age of 83, surrounded by his loving family; 
Whereas Dr. Feulner was, in the words of his successor, Her-
itage Foundation President Dr. Kevin Roberts, ‘‘a vision-
ary, a builder, and a patriot of the highest order’’ whose 
unwavering love of country and determination to safe-
guard our Nation’s founding principles shaped every fiber 
of the conservative movement; and 
Whereas Dr. Feulner leaves behind an enduring legacy of a 
man singularly committed to the cause of freedom and 
the determination to further the promise of America, 
whose tireless efforts at the forefront of the conservative 
movement have made our Nation a better place for all 
her citizens: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) mourns the passing of Dr. Edwin J 
Feulner, former President of the Heritage Founda-
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tion and Executive Director of the Republican Study 
Committee, and extends its sympathies to his family; 
(2) honors the life and legacy of Dr. Feulner 
and his indelible impact on American history and 
policy; and 
(3) respectfully suggests to the President that 
Dr. Feulner be posthumously awarded the Nation’s 
highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom. 
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