[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 78 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 78

  Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the 
Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every 
          entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2017

   Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Engel, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. 
    Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. 
Brownley of California, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro 
of Texas, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New 
   York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
Ellison, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of Florida, 
Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of 
  New Mexico, Mr. Heck, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. 
Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
    Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Levin, Mr. Ted Lieu of 
   California, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
    McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mrs. 
  Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Richmond, Ms. 
 Rosen, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Serrano, 
  Mr. Sires, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. 
Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Bustos, 
 Mr. Deutch, Mr. Vela, Mr. Soto, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Aguilar, 
 Mr. Courtney, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Nolan, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. 
Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Titus, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, 
 Mr. Norcross, Mr. Polis, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
Hastings, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Torres, Mr. Bishop 
 of Georgia, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Keating, 
  Miss Rice of New York, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. Grijalva) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the 
Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every 
          entity in the executive branch to affirm that fact.

Whereas it is an indisputable fact that the Holocaust was one of the worst 
        atrocities and most heinous crimes in history, leading to the 
        annihilation of 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime through execution, 
        barbaric medical experimentation, starvation, and forced labor;
Whereas the 2017 White House statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day did not 
        include a reference to Jewish people targeted during the Holocaust;
Whereas, when given the opportunity to correct the omission, senior officials in 
        the White House instead defended the exclusion of any reference to the 
        Jewish people in the Holocaust Remembrance Day statement;
Whereas the Holocaust was instigated, planned, and carried out by the Nazi 
        regime through a systematic plan of propaganda, misinformation, and 
        lies;
Whereas the Holocaust was started because of the Nazi regime's desire to 
        exterminate the Jewish people, their identity, their culture, and their 
        history through a ``Final Solution'' that would eliminate the Jewish 
        people from the face of the Earth;
Whereas Jewish targets and victims of the Holocaust were from all ages and 
        backgrounds, including men, women, children, and infants;
Whereas many other groups of people were also targeted during the Holocaust, 
        including Roma, members of the LGBTQ community, people with 
        disabilities, people with mental illness, members of the Jehovah's 
        Witnesses, religious minorities, and more;
Whereas despite well-established facts about the Holocaust, some people, 
        including people in positions of authority, continue to question whether 
        the Holocaust happened;
Whereas a 2014 global survey of anti-Semitic attitudes found that 35 percent of 
        people around the world have never heard about the Holocaust and an 
        additional 32 percent believe it's a myth or greatly exaggerated; and
Whereas people pursuing anti-Semitism often draw inspiration from innuendo, 
        racism, hatred, misdirection, and omission: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) reiterates the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime 
        targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the 
        Holocaust;
            (2) states that to deny or minimize that the Holocaust was 
        an effort to eliminate the Jewish people is shameful; and
            (3) calls on all the executive branch agencies and 
        entities, including the White House, to affirm that the Nazi 
        regime targeted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the 
        Holocaust.
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