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Declaring racism a public health crisis.

S. Res. 67 · 119th Congress · Feb 6, 2025 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—
(1)
supports the resolutions drafted, introduced, and adopted by cities and localities across the United States declaring racism a public health crisis;
(2)
declares racism a public health crisis in the United States;
(3)
commits to—
(A)
establishing a nationwide strategy to address health disparities and inequities across all sectors in society;
(B)
dismantling systemic practices and policies that perpetuate racism;
(C)
advancing reforms to address years of neglectful and apathetic policies that have led to poor health outcomes for members of racial and ethnic minority groups; and
(D)
promoting efforts to address the social determinants of health for all racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States; and
(4)
places a charge on the people of the United States to move forward with urgency to ensure that the United States stands firmly in honoring its moral purpose of advancing the self-evident truths that all people are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.