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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 19
Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending
President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humani-
tarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY9, 2025
Mr. W
ARNOCK(for himself, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. THUNE, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms.
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LSOBROOKS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET,
Mrs. B
LACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNTROCHESTER, Mr.
B
OOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. BUDD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs.
C
APITO, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. COR-
TEZMASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr.
C
URTIS, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. ERNST, Mr.
F
ETTERMAN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRA-
HAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr.
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EINRICH, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-
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MITH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIM,
Mr. K
ING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms.
L
UMMIS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MCCOR-
MICK, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MORENO, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. MUR-
KOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. PAUL, Mr.
P
ETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr.
R
OUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.
S
CHMITT, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina, Mrs.
S
HAHEEN, Mr. SHEEHY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr.
T
ILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. VANCE, Mr. WARNER,
Ms. W
ARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, Mr.
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YDEN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which was
considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter
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and commending President Jimmy Carter for his life-
long career of public service, humanitarian leadership,
diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
Whereas President Jimmy Carter was born James Earl Car-
ter, Jr. on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia;
Whereas President Carter excelled in his academic studies,
graduating from Plains High School in 1941, studying at
Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute
of Technology, and graduating with distinction in the top
10 percent of his class at the United States Naval Acad-
emy in 1946;
Whereas President Carter married Rosalynn Carter on July
7, 1946, and they later had 4 children, 12 grandchildren,
and 14 great-grandchildren;
Whereas President Carter served the United States as a
Lieutenant in the United States Navy submarine service,
where he was assigned to the Navy’s elite nuclear sub-
marine program, and, after his father’s passing in 1953,
he resigned from his naval duties to return to Plains to
run his family’s peanut farm and warehouse;
Whereas President Carter began his career of public service
in leadership positions in Sumter County, Georgia, before
being elected to serve 2 terms as a Georgia State Senator
from 1963 to 1967;
Whereas President Carter, while serving as the 76th Gov-
ernor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, challenged racial
discrimination and wasteful government practices and re-
organized and streamlined State government;
Whereas the people of the United States elected Jimmy Car-
ter to serve as the 39th President of the United States
from 1977 to 1981;
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Whereas, in September 1978, President Carter brokered the
Camp David Accords between Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin,
which established a framework for a historic peace treaty
between Israel and Egypt, beginning an era of lasting
peace between the 2 nations;
Whereas, in October 1978, President Carter signed the Civil
Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–454; 92
Stat. 1111), which established the Office of Personnel
Management in the Executive Branch, created the Senior
Executive Service, and codified Federal labor relations
for non-postal Federal employees;
Whereas, during President Carter’s administration, the
United States and the People’s Republic of China estab-
lished official diplomatic relations for the first time;
Whereas President Carter worked with Congress to create the
Department of Education and the Department of Energy
to oversee comprehensive education and energy policy for
the United States;
Whereas, in 1979, President Carter successfully negotiated
the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT) II with
Soviet Union General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to re-
strict the nuclear forces of both nations;
Whereas President Carter, after leaving the White House, re-
mained devoted to public service, serving as a professor
at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and co-found-
ing with his wife, Rosalynn, The Carter Center to allevi-
ate human suffering and advance human rights by
strengthening democracy, resolving conflicts, fighting ne-
glected tropical diseases, and improving access to mental
health care worldwide;
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Whereas The Carter Center has engaged in conflict mediation
in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South America, the
Caribbean, and Asia, spearheaded efforts that have near-
ly eradicated the Guinea worm disease and eliminated
several other tropical diseases in regions of Africa and
the Americas, improved mental health care, faithfully ob-
served more than 100 elections in 40 countries to
strengthen global democracies, and promoted inter-
national human rights;
Whereas President Carter was a dedicated volunteer with
Habitat for Humanity and co-led the Jimmy & Rosalynn
Carter Work Project for over 30 years, working on ap-
proximately 4,400 homes in 14 countries to build afford-
able housing;
Whereas President Carter received the United Nations
Human Rights Prize in 1998;
Whereas President Carter and Rosalynn Carter jointly re-
ceived the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 for
their exemplary contributions towards globally advancing
peace, human rights, and health;
Whereas President Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel
Peace Prize for his decades of work in international con-
flict resolution, human rights, and economic and social
development, making him 1 of 4 United States Presi-
dents to receive the prize;
Whereas President Carter lived to be 100 years old, longer
than any other President; and
Whereas President Carter leaves behind an honorable legacy
of humanitarian work and a shining example of a lifetime
of service: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate— 1
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(1) mourns the passing of former President 1
Jimmy Carter, the longest living President in the 2
history of the United States, and extends its sym-3
pathies to his family; and 4
(2) honors the life and legacy of former Presi-5
dent Jimmy Carter and his contributions to the 6
United States of America. 7
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