Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

H. Res. 813 · 116th Congress · Jan 27, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

honors the memory of the liberation of Auschwitz;

(2)

memorializes the 6,000,000 Jewish victims of the Nazi regime, the millions of others who were systematically killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II, and the over 1,000,000 victims at Auschwitz;

(3)

expresses gratitude to the members of the Allied forces who liberated Auschwitz and the U.S. Armed Forces and the forces of Allied nations who risked their lives to liberate many other Nazi camps and sites of incarceration;

(4)

honors the survivors who have traveled around the world to share their personal and painful stories in order to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust serve as a warning to future generations;

(5)

commemorates the role that Holocaust memorials like the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum play in implementing educational lessons about the Holocaust, as well as the genocides that have come after, and about ways to prevent future genocides and other atrocities;

(6)

encourages Federal and local social services agencies to support Holocaust survivors who live in poverty;

(7)

reaffirms its support for educational efforts that teach current and future generations about the Holocaust; and

(8)

urges all Federal agencies, and the American people, to commit to addressing unchecked intolerance and prejudice, including racial, ethnic, or religious biases in order to improve efforts to identify and combat antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and intolerance.

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Jan 27, 2020viewing Introduced in House Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Rose of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Wild, Ms. Porter, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Trone, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Foster, Mr. Rush, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Dean, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Omar, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Delgado, Ms. Shalala, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Payne, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Soto, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Sires, Mr. Keating, Mr. Case, Mr. Engel, Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Brindisi, Mr. Himes, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Clay, Ms. Craig, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Frankel, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Adams, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, and Ms. Tlaib) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, 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

Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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