PRINTER'S NO. 4013
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1064
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, THOMAS, MCCLINTON, COHEN, SAVAGE,
DiGIROLAMO, J. HARRIS, V. BROWN, MILLARD, A. HARRIS, KINSEY,
D. COSTA, YOUNGBLOOD AND M. DALEY, OCTOBER 17, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 17, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Urging Amtrak to redesignate the railroad station located at
2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the
"William H. Gray III 30th Street Station."
WHEREAS, From 1979 until 1991, William H. Gray III
represented Pennsylvania's second congressional district in the
United States House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, For the final two years of his career in the
Congress of the United States, Mr. Gray served as the Majority
Whip; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Gray was the highest-ranking African-American
member of Congress, attaining distinction as the first African
American to rise to the third-ranking House position and to
chair the House Budget Committee; and
WHEREAS, In 1991, Mr. Gray resigned from Congress to become
the president and chief executive officer of the United Negro
College Fund; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Gray served the United Negro College Fund
through 2004, raising more than $2.3 billion during his tenure;
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