[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 773 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 773

Commending the American Jewish Committee for its century of leadership, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2006

   Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Mr. Dreier) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Commending the American Jewish Committee for its century of leadership, 
                        and for other purposes.

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, after its founding in 1906, a century 
        ago, rapidly emerged as a pioneering human relations agency, dedicated 
        to combating all forms of bigotry and championing a sense of shared 
        civic responsibility;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee, through a range of innovative projects 
        and programs, seeks to build a more hopeful world by enlarging freedom, 
        enhancing mutual respect, monitoring hate groups, advocating hate crimes 
        legislation, and providing vital information about extremists of every 
        stripe;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee has strengthened the democratic culture in 
        a changing America in historic ways through programs that teach 
        tolerance, such as America's Table, through far-reaching dialogues with 
        virtually every major ethnic and religious group in the country, through 
        promoting interfaith awareness and playing a key role in the issuance of 
        Nostra Aetate by Pope Paul VI in 1965, and through steadfast support of 
        vulnerable individuals throughout history;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee, the first American Jewish organization to 
        establish a full-time office in Israel, has worked tirelessly to tell 
        Israel's extraordinary story through a range of endeavors, including 
        Project Interchange, which has brought more than 3,000 American leaders 
        to the Jewish state for journeys of discovery and understanding;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee, through its network of offices and 
        associations in the United States and across the globe, works with many 
        countries and with the United Nations and other international bodies to 
        promote democratic ideals and to protect and uplift Jewish communities 
        everywhere;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee, through advocacy and education, 
        indefatigably defends and protects those treasured civic values of the 
        United States, including separation of religion and state, religious 
        freedom, and support for public education and the family;
Whereas the American Jewish Committee sponsored research cited in the landmark 
        Supreme Court case banning segregation, Brown v. Board of Education, and 
        played a vital role in the ensuing civil rights movement, stood with 
        Soviet Jewry and all Soviet prisoners of conscience, argued successfully 
        for the inclusion of human rights clauses in the Charter of the United 
        Nations, and insisted upon an understanding of women's rights as a human 
        rights issue, culminating in the Beijing World Conference on Women; and
Whereas the American Jewish Committee, at work both on the world stage and at 
        home in the United States, has had a proud and profoundly beneficial 
        presence throughout the Nation's communities for a century: Now, 
        therefore be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the American Jewish Committee, by choosing hope, 
        inspires everyone as it marches into its second century of 
        service; and
            (2) the United States House of Representatives salutes, 
        commends, and congratulates the American Jewish Committee for 
        its century of leadership.
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