Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

H. Con. Res. 100 · 116th Congress · Jun 4, 2020 · Lineage

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

That the Congress—

(1)

affirms on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slave ship, the United States long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated above, but also to their descendants; and

(2)

proposes a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress toward jettisoning the belief in a hierarchy of human value, embracing our common humanity, and permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities.

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Jun 4, 2020viewing Introduced in House Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Bass, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Omar, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Meng, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Trone, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Haaland, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rush, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Pingree, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Adams, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Richmond, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Engel, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Evans, Mr. Takano, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Vela, Ms. Speier, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Gallego, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Sires, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Neguse, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Welch, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Crist, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Keating, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Clay, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. DeGette, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Neal, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Cicilline, and Mr. Suozzi) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

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