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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 19
5	5	Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter and commending
6	6	President Jimmy Carter for his life-long career of public service, humani-
7	7	tarian leadership, diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY9, 2025
10	10	Mr. W
11	11	ARNOCK(for himself, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. THUNE, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms.
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13	13	LSOBROOKS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BANKS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET,
14	14	Mrs. B
15	15	LACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNTROCHESTER, Mr.
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17	17	OOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. BUDD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs.
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19	19	APITO, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. COR-
20	20	TEZMASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr.
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22	22	URTIS, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. ERNST, Mr.
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24	24	ETTERMAN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRA-
25	25	HAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr.
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27	27	EINRICH, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-
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29	29	MITH, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIM,
30	30	Mr. K
31	31	ING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. LUJA´N, Ms.
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33	33	UMMIS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MCCOR-
34	34	MICK, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MORENO, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. MUR-
35	35	KOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. PAUL, Mr.
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37	37	ETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Ms. ROSEN, Mr.
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39	39	OUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.
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41	41	CHMITT, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina, Mrs.
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43	43	HAHEEN, Mr. SHEEHY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr.
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45	45	ILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. VANCE, Mr. WARNER,
46	46	Ms. W
47	47	ARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, Mr.
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49	49	YDEN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which was
50	50	considered and agreed to
51	51	RESOLUTION
52	52	Honoring the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter
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55	55	•SRES 19 ATS
56	56	and commending President Jimmy Carter for his life-
57	57	long career of public service, humanitarian leadership,
58	58	diplomacy, and courageous advocacy.
59	59	Whereas President Jimmy Carter was born James Earl Car-
60	60	ter, Jr. on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia;
61	61	Whereas President Carter excelled in his academic studies,
62	62	graduating from Plains High School in 1941, studying at
63	63	Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute
64	64	of Technology, and graduating with distinction in the top
65	65	10 percent of his class at the United States Naval Acad-
66	66	emy in 1946;
67	67	Whereas President Carter married Rosalynn Carter on July
68	68	7, 1946, and they later had 4 children, 12 grandchildren,
69	69	and 14 great-grandchildren;
70	70	Whereas President Carter served the United States as a
71	71	Lieutenant in the United States Navy submarine service,
72	72	where he was assigned to the Navy’s elite nuclear sub-
73	73	marine program, and, after his father’s passing in 1953,
74	74	he resigned from his naval duties to return to Plains to
75	75	run his family’s peanut farm and warehouse;
76	76	Whereas President Carter began his career of public service
77	77	in leadership positions in Sumter County, Georgia, before
78	78	being elected to serve 2 terms as a Georgia State Senator
79	79	from 1963 to 1967;
80	80	Whereas President Carter, while serving as the 76th Gov-
81	81	ernor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, challenged racial
82	82	discrimination and wasteful government practices and re-
83	83	organized and streamlined State government;
84	84	Whereas the people of the United States elected Jimmy Car-
85	85	ter to serve as the 39th President of the United States
86	86	from 1977 to 1981;
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90	90	Whereas, in September 1978, President Carter brokered the
91	91	Camp David Accords between Egyptian President Anwar
92	92	Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin,
93	93	which established a framework for a historic peace treaty
94	94	between Israel and Egypt, beginning an era of lasting
95	95	peace between the 2 nations;
96	96	Whereas, in October 1978, President Carter signed the Civil
97	97	Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–454; 92
98	98	Stat. 1111), which established the Office of Personnel
99	99	Management in the Executive Branch, created the Senior
100	100	Executive Service, and codified Federal labor relations
101	101	for non-postal Federal employees;
102	102	Whereas, during President Carter’s administration, the
103	103	United States and the People’s Republic of China estab-
104	104	lished official diplomatic relations for the first time;
105	105	Whereas President Carter worked with Congress to create the
106	106	Department of Education and the Department of Energy
107	107	to oversee comprehensive education and energy policy for
108	108	the United States;
109	109	Whereas, in 1979, President Carter successfully negotiated
110	110	the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT) II with
111	111	Soviet Union General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to re-
112	112	strict the nuclear forces of both nations;
113	113	Whereas President Carter, after leaving the White House, re-
114	114	mained devoted to public service, serving as a professor
115	115	at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and co-found-
116	116	ing with his wife, Rosalynn, The Carter Center to allevi-
117	117	ate human suffering and advance human rights by
118	118	strengthening democracy, resolving conflicts, fighting ne-
119	119	glected tropical diseases, and improving access to mental
120	120	health care worldwide;
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124	124	Whereas The Carter Center has engaged in conflict mediation
125	125	in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South America, the
126	126	Caribbean, and Asia, spearheaded efforts that have near-
127	127	ly eradicated the Guinea worm disease and eliminated
128	128	several other tropical diseases in regions of Africa and
129	129	the Americas, improved mental health care, faithfully ob-
130	130	served more than 100 elections in 40 countries to
131	131	strengthen global democracies, and promoted inter-
132	132	national human rights;
133	133	Whereas President Carter was a dedicated volunteer with
134	134	Habitat for Humanity and co-led the Jimmy & Rosalynn
135	135	Carter Work Project for over 30 years, working on ap-
136	136	proximately 4,400 homes in 14 countries to build afford-
137	137	able housing;
138	138	Whereas President Carter received the United Nations
139	139	Human Rights Prize in 1998;
140	140	Whereas President Carter and Rosalynn Carter jointly re-
141	141	ceived the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999 for
142	142	their exemplary contributions towards globally advancing
143	143	peace, human rights, and health;
144	144	Whereas President Carter was awarded the 2002 Nobel
145	145	Peace Prize for his decades of work in international con-
146	146	flict resolution, human rights, and economic and social
147	147	development, making him 1 of 4 United States Presi-
148	148	dents to receive the prize;
149	149	Whereas President Carter lived to be 100 years old, longer
150	150	than any other President; and
151	151	Whereas President Carter leaves behind an honorable legacy
152	152	of humanitarian work and a shining example of a lifetime
153	153	of service: Now, therefore, be it
154	154	Resolved, That the Senate— 1
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158	158	(1) mourns the passing of former President 1
159	159	Jimmy Carter, the longest living President in the 2
160	160	history of the United States, and extends its sym-3
161	161	pathies to his family; and 4
162	162	(2) honors the life and legacy of former Presi-5
163	163	dent Jimmy Carter and his contributions to the 6
164	164	United States of America. 7
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