THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, WHITE, FREEMAN, BISHOP, BOBACK, B. BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALEY, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, GEIST, GEORGE, HESS, HORNAMAN, W. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MARSHALL, MATZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, PASHINSKI, PAYTON, READSHAW, ROCK, SAINATO, SANTARSIERO, SANTONI, M. SMITH AND MANN, APRIL 4, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, APRIL 4, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his

strength, courage and determination through a time of

national crisis and war in remembrance of the occasion of his

death.

WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30,

1882, in Hyde Park, New York; and

WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected thirty-second

President of the United States in November 1932 and went on to

become our longest-serving President; and

WHEREAS, President Roosevelt came to the presidency, of a

country crippled by the Great Depression, relying on a campaign

where he mobilized the expanded ranks of the poor, as well as

organized labor, ethnic minorities and urbanites; and

WHEREAS, When President Roosevelt was inaugurated in March

1933, one-quarter of the work force was unemployed; and

WHEREAS, President Roosevelt spearheaded a program of relief,

recovery and reform, termed "The New Deal," which included the

Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress

Administration, each of which hired hundreds of thousands of

unemployed Americans; and

WHEREAS, On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed the

Social Security Act into law, providing funds for millions of

Americans who were disabled, retired or unemployed; and

WHEREAS, Many of the programs instituted by President

Roosevelt still exist today to protect the citizens of our great

nation; and

WHEREAS, President Roosevelt led our great nation through a

time of struggle and crisis during World War II; and

WHEREAS, President Roosevelt typified the ideals of grace and

honor as the United States stood on the precipice of a global

war; and

WHEREAS, President Roosevelt devoted much of his time and

thought to the fundamental values of peace and to the resolution

of conflict through nonaggressive means, as demonstrated by his

commitment to the founding of the United Nations; and

WHEREAS, As our nation once again stands at the crest of war

and crisis, we hope our leaders will emulate President

Roosevelt's strength, honor and grace; and

WHEREAS, President Roosevelt served his country bravely until

his death on April 12, 1945, at 63 years of age; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for his leadership through

chaos and struggle in remembrance of the occasion of his death.