[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 103 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 103
Condemning the bigotry that was displayed and voiced during the January
6th siege of the United States Capitol, the prominent role played by
White supremacists and domestic terrorists in planning and leading the
siege, and the elected officials who encouraged them.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2021
Ms. Chu (for herself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr.
Carson, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Rush, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Trone, Mr.
Hastings, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Omar, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Evans, Ms. Bass, Mr.
Cooper, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Torres of California,
Mr. Takano, Mr. Brown, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Payne, Mr. Crow, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Meng, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Meeks, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms.
Norton, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Green of Texas, Ms.
Velazquez, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Escobar, Ms.
Barragan, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Tlaib, Mrs. Hayes, Mr.
Torres of New York, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Sires, Ms. Bonamici,
and Mr. Costa) submitted the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the bigotry that was displayed and voiced during the January
6th siege of the United States Capitol, the prominent role played by
White supremacists and domestic terrorists in planning and leading the
siege, and the elected officials who encouraged them.
Whereas participants in the violent January 6, 2021, siege on the United States
Capitol carried, wore, and displayed overt White supremacist slogans and
symbols of QAnon, which the Federal Bureau of Investigation has labeled
a domestic terror threat;
Whereas the violent siege was in part organized by members of the Proud Boys, a
group known to be Islamophobic, misogynist, nativist, and with ties to
known anti-Semites, White supremacists, and conspiracy theorists;
Whereas known White supremacists helped organize the riot and were visibly
present among the group;
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation has reported that dozens of those
who attended the siege are known White supremacists who are on a
terrorist watchlist;
Whereas visible in the crowd were Nazi flags, swastikas, and messages of
Holocaust denial, including slogans like ``Work Brings Freedom'', a
phrase printed on the gates of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz,
and ``6MWE'', which stands for ``6 Million Wasn't Enough'', a reference
to the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the Holocaust;
Whereas the Nazi swastika is a global symbol of hate, genocide, and bigotry, and
an anathema to democratic and free-thinking societies;
Whereas rioters at the Capitol waved the racist and anti-American Confederate
battle flag and carried it through the halls of the Capitol, something
which Union soldiers fought and died to prevent;
Whereas the Confederate battle flag, wielded by southern Dixiecrats to inflict
terror, represents the ``Lost Cause'' myth, segregationists, and White
nationalism, and continues to represent terrorism, violence, and the
oppression of Black people;
Whereas these symbols of oppression were visible in the crowd when they were
addressed by then President Donald Trump and Members of Congress;
Whereas one of the Members of Congress who spoke to the crowd outside the
Capitol said ``Hitler was right on one thing . . .'';
Whereas Hitler was a mass murderer, propagandist, and dictator who orchestrated
the Holocaust;
Whereas the seditionists who planned and participated in the attempted coup
against the United States Government and the violent siege of the United
States Capitol while carrying long guns, Molotov cocktails, explosive
devices, and zip ties, were treated with more respect and less hostility
than the protesters who peacefully assembled to protest racial injustice
in the plaza between St. John's Church and Lafayette Square where they
were tear gassed to create a path for then President Trump to take a
staged photo at the church;
Whereas despite early requests for additional reinforcements from the National
Guard, the Trump administration refused to approve the request while
President Trump failed to condemn the terrorists storming the United
States Capitol;
Whereas, even after this group began acting violently, President Trump offered
encouragement saying, ``We love you'';
Whereas supporters of the seditionists have continued to argue that peaceful
protesters of color and people of color are a greater threat to our
country than an armed siege of the United States Capitol;
Whereas even after the siege, Senator Josh Hawley, Congressman Mo Brooks,
Congressman Paul Gosar, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, and
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert continued to support the seditionists who
perpetrated this heinous and treasonous act;
Whereas Senator Hawley and Congressman Brooks have compared peaceful protesters
of color to terrorists and rioters;
Whereas Congressman Paul Gosar justified the murder of a peaceful Black Lives
Matter protester as ``self-defense'' but has continued to support an
armed attempted coup of the United States Government and has been
accused of allegedly participating in planning the coup;
Whereas Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that Muslims do not belong
in the government, has called Black voters ``slaves'', and continues to
support baseless theories that the election was stolen;
Whereas Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, during the debate on the second
impeachment of Donald Trump, argued openly that peaceful protests for
racial justice and democratic values are a greater threat to the United
States than the seditionists that actively tried to overthrow the United
States Government by stopping the peaceful transition of power through a
premeditated, violent siege of the United States Capitol;
Whereas Congressman Madison Cawthorn, who has implied in political communication
that those who support the election of people of color ``aim to ruin
White males'', called upon the insurrectionists to ``lightly threaten''
their Congressperson and state ``I'm coming after you'' the morning of
the riot and only expressed concern over the siege after receiving push
back in his own district;
Whereas Congresswoman Lauren Boebert supported the sedition and recklessly put
her House colleagues in danger by posting a message on Twitter saying,
``The Speaker has been removed from the chambers'' as a pro-Trump mob
breached the Capitol;
Whereas certain Republican Members of Congress allegedly led a reconnaissance
mission through the Capitol on January 5, the preceding day before
insurrectionists took part in a deadly siege on the legislative branch;
Whereas in advance of the Capitol riots the panic buttons installed in
Representative Ayanna Pressley's office to protect her and her staff
were removed from her office without her consent, thus putting her
safety at risk;
Whereas in the midst of a pandemic that has disproportionately affected people
of color because of long standing structural health and economic
inequalities, several Republican Members of Congress refused to take
precautions against COVID-19 while in lockdown, which resulted in
multiple Members of Congress later testing positive for the coronavirus
due to the negligence of their colleagues;
Whereas more than a dozen Republican State and local lawmakers referred to the
insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol as ``patriots'' and attended
the Capitol insurrection that led to the death of at least 5 people
including 1 Capitol police officer;
Whereas Republican National Committee members expressed their continued support
for President Trump the morning after the Capitol riot occurred despite
the fact that the insurrection left 5 dead and many more wounded due to
the violence Donald Trump encouraged;
Whereas Members of Congress and staff who identify as racial and religious
minorities have expressed extreme distress and a decreased level of
safety knowing that some of their colleagues aided in inciting the
siege;
Whereas people of color and religious minorities across the United States have
expressed alarm and a decreased level of safety over the racial
motivators of the siege on the Capitol;
Whereas Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, the first woman, Black, and Asian Vice
President of the United States, indisputably won the 2020 election;
Whereas that election was certified by a bipartisan vote of the House of
Representatives and Senate;
Whereas many Republican Members of Congress cast their votes to overturn the
election results not out of genuine conviction, but for short-term
political ambition and gain;
Whereas Donald Trump has frequently used openly racist rhetoric and stoked fear
and animosity against people of color and religious minorities while
engaging with his supporters; and
Whereas Donald Trump and the elected officials who support him spent the months
following the election espousing unsubstantiated claims that the
election was stolen: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns the bitterness, hate, and bigotry that
unequivocally fueled the domestic terrorists that stormed,
sieged, and looted the United States Capitol in a failed coup
attempt;
(2) condemns the elected officials that stoked that bigotry
including former President Donald Trump;
(3) condemns the Members of Congress who have continued to
support individuals that committed an act of treason against
the United States;
(4) condemns the rhetoric used by Members of Congress,
those who participated in the siege, and those who supported
the siege during and since January 6th; and
(5) reaffirms that harmful rhetoric and violent behavior
against individuals based on their actual or perceived
religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status,
sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, and
sex will not be tolerated.
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