[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 496 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 496

            Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 2017

Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Crowley, 
   Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Foster, Ms. 
DeGette, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Peters, Mr. Payne, Ms. Fudge, Mrs. Carolyn 
B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Larsen of 
Washington, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Walz, 
  Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. 
 Engel, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Lee, Mr. Brown 
 of Maryland, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
   Serrano, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Al Green of 
     Texas, Mr. Takano, Ms. Meng, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Maxine Waters of 
 California, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Shea-Porter, 
  Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Bass, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. 
  Clay, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. 
     Torres, Mr. Evans, Mr. Sires, Mr. Quigley, Mr. McEachin, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Ben 
  Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
  Sherman, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Kihuen, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. 
Bonamici, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. 
 Adams, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Gomez, and Mr. McGovern) submitted 
 the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
            Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.

Whereas, on August 11, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a gathering of White 
        supremacists, including neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members, and other 
        White nationalist groups, marched through the streets with torches as 
        part of a coordinated ``Unite the Right'' rally spewing racism, anti-
        Semitism, bigotry and hatred;
Whereas, on August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a car driven by James 
        Alex Fields, Jr., rammed into a crowd of counter-protestors, killing 
        Heather Heyer and injuring 20 others;
Whereas President Donald Trump's immediate public comments rebuked ``many 
        sides'' for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and failed to 
        specifically condemn the ``Unite the Right'' rally or cite the White 
        supremacist, neo-Nazi gathering as responsible for actions of domestic 
        terrorism;
Whereas, on August 15, 2017, President Donald Trump held a press conference at 
        Trump Tower where he reasserted that ``both sides'' were to blame for 
        the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and attempted to create a 
        moral equivalency between White supremacist, KKK, neo-Nazi groups and 
        those counter-protesting the ``Unite the Right'' rally;
Whereas President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with, and cultivated the 
        influence of, senior advisors and spokespeople who have long histories 
        of promoting White nationalist, racist, and anti-Semitic principles and 
        policies within the country;
Whereas President Donald Trump has provided encouragement and little to no 
        denunciation of White supremacist groups and individuals who promote 
        their bigoted, nationalist ideology and policies; and
Whereas President Donald Trump has failed to provide adequate condemnation and 
        assure the American people of his resolve to opposing domestic 
        terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) does hereby censure and condemn President Donald Trump 
        for his inadequate response to the violence in Charlottesville, 
        Virginia, on August 12, 2017, his failure to immediately and 
        specifically name and condemn the White supremacist groups 
        responsible for actions of domestic terrorism, for reasserting 
        that ``both sides'' were to blame and excusing the violent 
        behavior of participants in the ``Unite the Right'' rally, and 
        for employing people with ties to White supremacist movements 
        in the White House, such as Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka; 
        and
            (2) does hereby urge President Donald Trump to fire any and 
        all White House advisors who have urged him to cater to the 
        White supremacist movement in the United States.
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