Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding President Donald J. Trump’s remarks about Haiti, El Salvador, and African Nations.

H. Res. 700 · 115th Congress · Jan 18, 2018 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives does hereby—

(1)

publicly state our support and respect for Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations;

(2)

censure and condemn President Donald Trump for his statements at the January 11, 2018, White House meeting, which are hateful, discriminatory, and racist, and cannot and should not be the basis of any American policy, including immigration policy; and

(3)

call on President Trump to retract and apologize for these hateful, discriminatory, and racist remarks and any offense they have caused.

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Jan 18, 2018viewing Introduced in House Mr. Richmond (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Bass, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Lee, Mr. Clay, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Payne, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Adams, Ms. Plaskett, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Evans, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Delaney, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Levin, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Engel, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. DeGette, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Langevin, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Sires, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Foster, Mr. Keating, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Titus, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Bera, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Meng, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vela, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Crist, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Soto, Mr. Gomez, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Takano, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Speier, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Polis, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Heck, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Mr. Neal, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Ruppersberger, and Mr. Kilmer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding President Donald J. Trump’s remarks about Haiti, El Salvador, and African Nations.

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