Previously, Ford represented Michigan’s 5th District in the House of Representatives beginning in 1949 until his nomination to the Vice Presidency by President Nixon in 1973, following the resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. While in Congress, Ford served on the House Appropriations Committee and rose to the position of House Minority Leader. He also served on the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ford as President One month after taking office as President, President Ford pardoned former President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal, which came to be known as the most controversial action of his three year presidency.

Nancy Reagan was a former first lady of the United States and the widow of President Ronald Reagan. Both Nancy and Ronald Reagan had backgrounds in acting and were married in 1952. She was an adviser to her husband and served as first lady of California before moving into the White House in 1981. Her major initiative was the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign. When her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, she pushed for stem-cell research and, together with the Alzheimer’s Association, established the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute.

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. was the 39th President of the United States (1977-1981) and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

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After being held as a POW for 5 ½ years in North Vietnam, Lieut. Commander McCain was released on May 14, 1973. Nine years later in 1982 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. In 1986 he was elected to the United States Senate. Throughout his tenure in Congress, he offered intelligent thoughts and proposed actions on various conflicts and wars, among other topics, gaining respect among his colleagues and the public. Here are some highlights from the Congressional Record.

On February 3, 1995, Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot a space shuttle, flying the STS-114 Discovery to the Russian Mir space station. On July 23, 1999, she became the first woman commander of a space shuttle mission, the STS-93 Columbia. This mission carried the newest telescope since the Hubble, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which captured images in deep space.

News March 16, 2017 - GPO makes President Trump's Budget Blueprint Available on govinfoThe U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) makes available President Donald Trump’s America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again on GPO’s govinfo.

President Trump delivered an address (PDF) on February 28, 2017, to a Joint Session of the House and Senate. The President's remarks as printed in the Congressional Record are available on govinfo along with other related documents:

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is seeking information, in the form of a Request for Information (RFI) through FedBizOpps.gov, from auditing bodies accredited under or considering accreditation for ISO 16919:2014, Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of candidate trustworthy digital repositories.

In the Congressional Record Volume 154, Issue 156 (September 28, 2008), she is congratulated for winning a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. “The MacArthur Fellowship is awarded annually to individuals recognized for extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” Read a congratulations on her nomination as Surgeon General of the United States of America in the Congressional Record Volume 155, Issue 125 (September 8, 2009).