Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

S. Res. 481 · 116th Congress · Jan 21, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—

(1)

commemorates January 27, 2020, as the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp by Allied Forces during World War II;

(2)

calls on all people of the United States to remember the 1,100,000 innocent victims murdered at the Auschwitz extermination camp as part of the Holocaust, the 6,000,000 Jews killed throughout the Holocaust, and all of the victims of the Nazi reign of terror;

(3)

honors the legacy of the survivors of the Holocaust and of the Auschwitz extermination camp;

(4)

calls on the people of the United States to continue to work toward tolerance, peace, and justice and to continue to work to end all genocide and persecution; and

(5)

recommits to combatting all forms of anti-Semitism.

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Jan 21, 2020viewing Agreed to Senate Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Collins, Mr. Hawley, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Romney, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Booker, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Carper, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Markey, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Coons, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Braun, Mr. Casey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Bennet, Ms. McSally, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Brown, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Warner, Mr. Gardner, Ms. Smith, Mr. Young, Mr. Cotton, Mr. King, Mr. Peters, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Cruz, and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations See what changed
Jan 21, 2020 Introduced in Senate Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Cardin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

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