IV 

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. 

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. CA ́RDENAS, 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. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 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

LUJA ́N 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 


smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS
2 

•HRES 78 IH 

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 


smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS
3 

•HRES 78 IH 

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 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) reiterates the indisputable fact that the 

3 Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its per4 petration of the Holocaust; 

5 (2) states that to deny or minimize that the 

6 Holocaust was an effort to eliminate the Jewish peo7 ple is shameful; and 

8 (3) calls on all the executive branch agencies 

9 and entities, including the White House, to affirm 

10 that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in 

11 its perpetration of the Holocaust. 

Æ 


smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS