[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 215 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 215

    Calling on the President and the American people to renew their 
 commitment to the fundamental principles which guided the Founders of 
                              this Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1999

Mr. Lampson (by request) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 



    Calling on the President and the American people to renew their 
 commitment to the fundamental principles which guided the Founders of 
                              this Nation.

Whereas the Founders of this Nation held the following to be fundamental truths:

    (1) that there is a Creator who has made all things and governs them by 
His Providence;

    (2) that the Creator has revealed a moral code of behavior which 
distinguishes right from wrong;

    (3) that the Creator holds each individual and nation responsible for 
the way it treats others;

    (4) that all individuals live beyond this life; and

    (5) that, in the next life, individuals are judged by the Creator for 
their conduct in this one;

Whereas their belief in these fundamental principles compelled the Founders to 
        proclaim in the Declaration of Independence that ``We hold these truths 
        to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are 
        endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among 
        these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'';
Whereas the Founders' devotion to these godly principles produced their 
        individual commitments to the cause of human liberty declared in that 
        great document when they stated: ``And for the support of this 
        Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine 
        Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, 
        and our Sacred Honor'';
Whereas the writings of the Founders and their actions as private citizens and 
        as public servants, which are recorded in the history of our Nation, 
        testify to the sincerity and conviction with which they held these 
        fundamental beliefs;
Whereas the Founders proclaimed, both publicly and privately, that our Nation 
        was founded with the aid and protection of divine Providence;
Whereas the Founders held that religion (a belief in a supreme being who has 
        revealed His will to man, created a duty to obey His will in a state of 
        reward and punishment, and holds man accountable for his actions) and 
        morality (exact conformity to truth or to the rules prescribed for moral 
        conduct, either by divine or human laws) were necessary and essential 
        ingredients for good government and the happiness of mankind;
Whereas the Founders embedded these godly principles in the foundation upon 
        which the legal system, social fabric, political institutions, and 
        character of our Nation were built;
Whereas the Founders held that our Nation would enjoy the protection of divine 
        Providence as long as we uphold these fundamental godly principles; and
Whereas our national and individual commitments to these godly principles are 
        fundamental to the preservation of liberty and freedom for ourselves and 
        for future generations: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) urges the President to call on the American people to 
        remember the godly principles of our Founding Fathers and 
        recognize both the influence these principles have had in the 
        founding of our Nation and the character, honor, sense of duty, 
        and commitment they produced in our Founders;
            (2) calls on every official, whether elected, appointed, or 
        employed, to lead our citizens in the revitalization of these 
        godly principles;
            (3) encourages every public school or institution to 
        display and teach these foundational principles as a matter of 
        history and as a matter of law; and
            (4) requests and encourages all citizens to rediscover 
        these principles contained in the history of our Nation and our 
        founding documents, and to renew their individual commitments 
        to promote and defend the godly principles by which our Nation 
        will be preserved.
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