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Congratulating Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.

Introduced: March 13, 2006 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Thanks Bono, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates for their charitable efforts.

Congratulates each of them on their selection as Time Magazine's Persons of the Year.

What's happening now December 18, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 15 Republican 1
R
Issa, Darrell
California · Apr 27, 2006
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 25, 2006
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 25, 2006
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Mar 13, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 13, 2006
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 28, 2006
EDWARDS, CHET
· Feb 28, 2006
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 28, 2006
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 28, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 28, 2006
SNYDER, VICTOR
· Feb 28, 2006
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 28, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 638: Congratulating Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-638/
MLA
"H. Res. 638: Congratulating Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-638/.
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H. Res. 638, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-638/.
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[H. Res. 638: Congratulating Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-638/)
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