[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 810 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 810
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the life
and work of Elie Wiesel in promoting human rights, peace, and Holocaust
remembrance.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 7, 2016
Mr. Israel (for himself, Mr. Ashford, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Becerra, Mr.
Beyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Blum, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici,
Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley of
California, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cardenas, Mr.
Cartwright, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of
Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Coffman, Mr.
Cohen, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costa, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr.
Crowley, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Danny K.
Davis of Illinois, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Deutch, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Dold, Mr.
Donovan, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Duckworth, Mr.
Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Esty, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of
Florida, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gallego, Mr.
Gibson, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. Graham, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Gene Green of Texas,
Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Harris, Mr.
Hastings, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Norton, Mr. Honda, Mr. Issa, Ms. Jackson
Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Joyce, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. King of New
York, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of
Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ted
Lieu of California, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs.
Lowey, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr.
McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Meng,
Mr. Mica, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Nadler,
Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. O'Rourke, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr.
Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Polis, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr.
Quigley, Mr. Reed, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Royce, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr.
Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez
of California, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schrader,
Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr.
Sherman, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Smith of New
Jersey, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres,
Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman
Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Welch, Ms. Wilson
of Florida, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Zeldin, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Carson of Indiana,
Mr. Clay, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Farr, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lofgren,
Ms. Matsui, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr.
Smith of Washington, Mr. Takai, and Mr. Thompson of California)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the life
and work of Elie Wiesel in promoting human rights, peace, and Holocaust
remembrance.
Whereas Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania, on September 30, 1928, to Sarah
Feig and Shlomo Wiesel;
Whereas in 1944, the Wiesel family was deported to the Auschwitz concentration
camp in German-occupied Poland;
Whereas in 1945, Wiesel was moved to the Buchenwald concentration camp in
Germany, where he was eventually liberated;
Whereas Wiesel's mother and younger sister, Tzipora, died in the gas chamber at
Auschwitz and his father died at Buchenwald;
Whereas Wiesel and his two older sisters, Beatrice and Hilda, survived the
horrors of the Holocaust;
Whereas after World War II Wiesel studied in France, worked as a journalist, and
subsequently became a United States citizen in 1963;
Whereas Wiesel's first book ``Night'', published in 1958, told the story of his
family's deportation to Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust
and has been translated into more than 30 languages and reached millions
across the globe;
Whereas Wiesel would go on to author more than 60 books, plays, and essays
imparting much knowledge and lessons of history on his readers;
Whereas in 1978, Wiesel was appointed to chair the President's Commission on the
Holocaust, which was tasked with submitting a report regarding a
suitable means by which to remember the Holocaust and those who
perished;
Whereas in 1979, the Commission submitted its report and included a
recommendation for the creation of a Holocaust Memorial/Museum,
education foundation, and Committee on Conscience;
Whereas in 1980, Wiesel became the Founding Chairman of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Council and helped lead the effort for the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum to open its doors in 1993;
Whereas in 1986, Wiesel and his wife, Marion, created The Elie Wiesel Foundation
for Humanity in order to fight indifference, intolerance, and injustice;
Whereas Wiesel, dedicated to teaching, served as a Visiting Scholar at Yale
University from 1972 to 1976, professor at the City University of New
York from 1972 to 1976, and Boston University from 1976 until his
passing;
Whereas Wiesel has received several awards for his work to promote human rights,
peace, and Holocaust remembrance, including the Nobel Peace Prize,
Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold
Medal, the National Humanities Medal, the Medal of Liberty, the rank of
Grand-Croix in the French Legion of Honor, and the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum Award; and
Whereas, on July 2, 2016, at the age of 87, Elie Wiesel passed away, leaving
behind a legacy of ensuring a voice for the voiceless, promotion of
peace and tolerance, and combating indifference, intolerance, and
genocide: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) honors the life, work, and legacy of Elie Wiesel;
(2) extends its deepest sympathies to the members of Elie
Wiesel's family; and
(3) reaffirms Elie Wiesel's efforts to preserve the memory
of those who perished and prevent the recurrence of another
Holocaust, to combat hate and intolerance in any manifestation,
and to never forget and also learn from the lessons of history.
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