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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 225

Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a symbol of solidarity following

the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001,

every United States citizen is encouraged to display the flag of the

United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 13, 2001

Mr. HASTERT (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. SKELTON,

Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Ms. DUNN, Mr.

ARMEY, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. TANNER, Mr. PITTS, Mr.

BURR of North Carolina, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. DAVIS

of Illinois, Mrs. CUBIN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BLUNT, Mr.

GRAVES, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. KING, Mr.

WATKINS, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. UPTON, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HASTINGS

of Washington, Mr. PAUL, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mrs. WILSON, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. EVERETT, Mrs.

BIGGERT, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr.

SAXTON, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. FLAKE, Mr.

WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mr.

CANTOR, Mr. CAMP, Mr. REGULA, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. KIRK, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. GRUCCI,

Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. WELLER, Mr. HORN, Mr. SHAW, Mr.

BOEHLERT, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. FOLEY,

Mr. HOBSON, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. KELLER, Mr. PENCE, Mr.

PLATTS, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. JONES of North Carolina,

Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. VITTER, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma,

Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. SWEENEY,

Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FORBES,

Mr. WALSH, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. GOSS, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ISTOOK,

Mr. LEVIN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. CARSON

of Indiana, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs.

MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. FROST,

Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SOLIS, Mr.

ANDREWS, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FARR of California, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.

GREEN of Texas, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. OLVER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. HOLT, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. BOYD, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. REYES, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr.
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LANGEVIN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LUCAS of

Kentucky, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. NADLER,

Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HOLDEN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr.

COSTELLO, and Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut) submitted the following

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a symbol

of solidarity following the terrorist attacks on the United

States on September 11, 2001, every United States citizen is encouraged to display the flag of the United

States.

Whereas on September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked and destroyed four commercial aircraft, crashing two of them

into the World Trade Center in New York City, and

crashing another aircraft into the Pentagon outside

Washington, D.C.; and

Whereas thousands of innocent people were killed and injured

as a result of those attacks, including the passengers and

crew of the four aircraft, workers and visitors in the

World Trade Center and the Pentagon, rescue workers,

and bystanders: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—

3 (1) in response to the terrorist attacks on the

4 United States on September 11, 2001, United

5 States citizens should join together to defend and

6 honor the Nation and its symbols of strength; and
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1 (2) for a period of 30 days after the date on

2 which this resolution is agreed to, each United

3 States citizen and every community in the Nation is

4 encouraged to display the flag of the United States

5 at homes, places of work and business, public build6 ings, and places of worship to remember those indi7 viduals who have been lost and to show the soli8 darity, resolve, and strength of the Nation.

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