Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a standing committee (or subcommittee thereof) hearing be held whenever there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun violence.

H. Res. 370 · 115th Congress · May 26, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:

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May 26, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Cárdenas (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Demings, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Himes, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Peters, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Ellison, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that a standing committee (or subcommittee thereof) hearing be held whenever there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun violence.

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