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H. C. R. No. 38 As Introduced

As Introduced

128th General Assembly

Regular Session

2009-2010

H. C. R. No. 38

Representative Bubp

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, R., Blessing, Chandler, Combs, Evans, Grossman, Harwood, Maag, Murray, Newcomb, Ruhl, Stebelton, Uecker, Yuko

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To memorialize the Congress of the United States to retain the image of President Ulysses S. Grant on the fifty dollar bill and reject the proposal to redesign the fifty dollar bill.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):

       WHEREAS, Representative Patrick McHenry, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, has rallied thirteen members of the Congress of the United States to support a bill proposing the replacement of Ulysses S. Grant on the fifty dollar bill with Ronald Reagan; and

       WHEREAS, This bill, H.R. 4705 of the 111th Congress, is pending in the House Financial Services Committee; and

       WHEREAS, Ohio, and in particular Clermont and Brown counties, hold a special place in the history of our nation by having the distinct honor of being the birth place and childhood home of Ulysses S. Grant; and

       WHEREAS, The people of Ohio take great pride in the fact that the eighteenth President of the United States graces the fifty dollar bill and represents the strength and spirit of the American people; and

       WHEREAS, The decision to place Ulysses S. Grant on the fifty dollar bill was not a hasty or trivial decision, as Grant first appeared on the currency in 1914, nearly thirty years after his death and with a half-century of perspective on his Civil War achievements; and

       WHEREAS, The people of Ohio have not forgotten the legendary general who led the North to victory, became our nation's eighteenth president, and was a champion of civil rights; and

       WHEREAS, Without diminishing the accomplishments of President Ronald Reagan, the people of Ohio, in particular the residents of Clermont and Brown counties, firmly oppose any legislation that would replace President Grant on the fifty dollar bill and ask that others recognize Ulysses S. Grant as a beacon of the nineteenth century and as such, deserves to keep his position of prominence on America's currency; and

       WHEREAS, That the governments of Clermont and Brown counties have formally expressed their opposition to any legislation which would change the face of the fifty dollar bill; now therefore be it

       RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, call upon the Congress to reject H.R. 4705 and all efforts to replace President Grant on the fifty dollar bill; and be it further

       RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio.