Expressing the sense of Congress on naming an aircraft carrier as the U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.

Declares that it is the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, either the carrier designated CVN-79 or the carrier designated CVN-80, should be named the U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 359 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 359

 Expressing the sense of Congress on naming an aircraft carrier as the 
                       U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2008

 Mr. Tancredo (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Mack, Mr. Shadegg, and Mr. 
    Terry) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress on naming an aircraft carrier as the 
                       U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.

Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was born in the Arizona Territory in 1909 to Baron 
        and Josephine Goldwater;
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps 
        during World War II and was later a Major General in the Air Force 
        Reserve;
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was an avid pilot throughout his military career and 
        after his retirement;
Whereas Barry M. Goldwater was elected to the City Council in Phoenix in 1949, 
        and served as United States Senator from Arizona from 1953-1965 and 
        again from 1969-1987;
Whereas throughout his tenure in Congress, Senator Goldwater was as avid a 
        proponent of a strong national defense as he was a staunch opponent of 
        communism and totalitarianism;
Whereas Senator Goldwater was nominated by the Republican Party as a candidate 
        for President of the United States in 1964;
Whereas Senator Goldwater memorably declared at the 1964 Republican Convention, 
        ``I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no 
        vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of 
        justice is no virtue,''; and
Whereas Senator Barry M. Goldwater was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 
        in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that a nuclear-powered aircraft 
carrier of the Navy, either the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-79 
or the aircraft carrier designated as CVN-80, should be named the 
U.S.S. Barry M. Goldwater.
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