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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 3119

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 563 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY R. TAYLOR, GEORGE, McGEEHAN, M. O'BRIEN, FREEMAN,
           BELFANTI, BENNINGTON, BIANCUCCI, BISHOP, BLACKWELL, BRENNAN,
           CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, DALEY, DeLUCA,
           DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS, D. EVANS,
           FABRIZIO, FLECK, FRANKEL, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH,
           GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS,
           HORNAMAN, JAMES, JOSEPHS, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LEACH,
           LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, MARSHALL,
           McCALL, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MUNDY, MURT,
           MUSTIO, MYERS, D. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PETRONE,
           PHILLIPS, QUINN, RAMALEY, READSHAW, REICHLEY, RUBLEY,
           SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY,
           STABACK, STURLA, SURRA, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WALKO,
           WANSACZ, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK,
           JANUARY 23, 2008

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           JANUARY 23, 2008

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Recognizing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his
     2     strength, courage and determination through a time of
     3     national crisis and war in celebration of the occasion of his
     4     birth.

     5     WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882,
     6  in Hyde Park, New York; and
     7     WHEREAS, In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected the
     8  32nd President of the United States, to the first of four terms,
     9  thereby becoming the longest-serving President of the United
    10  States; and
    11     WHEREAS, President Roosevelt came to the Presidency while the
    12  United States was crippled by the Great Depression, relying on a

     1  campaign where he mobilized the expanded ranks of the poor as
     2  well as organized labor, ethnic minorities and urbanites; and
     3     WHEREAS, In March 1933, President Roosevelt was inaugurated
     4  when nearly 13 million individuals in the United States were
     5  unemployed; and
     6     WHEREAS, President Roosevelt assisted the nation in achieving
     7  recovery by implementing "The New Deal," which included the
     8  Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress
     9  Administration, each of which hired hundreds of thousands of
    10  unemployed Americans; and
    11     WHEREAS, On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed into
    12  law the Social Security Act, which provided a safety net
    13  designed to help disabled, retired or unemployed Americans
    14  during financial hardships; and
    15     WHEREAS, Many of the programs instituted by President
    16  Roosevelt continue to operate today as a means to protect the
    17  citizens of this great nation; and
    18     WHEREAS, President Roosevelt epitomized the ideals of courage
    19  and valor of a great leader as the United States stood at the
    20  brink of global war; and
    21     WHEREAS, President Roosevelt successfully led the United
    22  States through the conflict and strife of World War II; and
    23     WHEREAS, President Roosevelt devoted much of his time and
    24  thought to the fundamental values of peace and the resolution of
    25  conflict through nonviolent means, which he demonstrated through
    26  his devotion to the founding of the United Nations; and
    27     WHEREAS, Now the United States once again stands upon the
    28  crest of trying times of war and crisis, wherein we hope the
    29  current and future leaders will emulate the same harmonizing
    30  characteristics of strength, honor and grace; and
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     1     WHEREAS, President Roosevelt served his country bravely until
     2  his death on April 12, 1945, at the age of 63; therefore be it
     3     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor President
     4  Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his leadership through times of
     5  chaos and struggle in celebration of the occasion of his birth.

















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