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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 31 

Condemning the terrorist attacks in Paris, offering condolences to the families 

of the victims, expressing solidarity with the people of France, and 

reaffirming fundamental freedom of expression. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2015 

Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the terrorist attacks in Paris, offering condolences to the families of the victims, expressing solidarity 

with the people of France, and reaffirming fundamental 

freedom of expression. 

Whereas, on January 7, 2015, armed gunmen violently attacked the offices of the French newspaper Charlie 

Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 people and injuring at least 11 

others; 

Whereas, on January 9, 2015, two suspects in the Charlie 

Hebdo attack were killed after taking hostages in a printing firm and firing at police; 

Whereas, on January 9, 2015, another gunman perpetrated 

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market, killing four of 19 hostages before French police 

stormed the building and rescued the surviving hostages; 

Whereas President of the Republic of France Francois 

Hollande condemned these events as a terrorist attack on 

the French Republic as a whole and called for a day of 

national mourning to honor the lives of the courageous 

political cartoonists, columnists, police officers, and others who were killed and injured; 

Whereas the Republic of France is America’s oldest ally, and 

the people of the United States owe France an eternal 

debt of gratitude for our independence and freedom; 

Whereas the people and Governments of the Republic of 

France and the United States have stood shoulder to 

shoulder throughout history to defend our shared democratic ideals and values; 

Whereas the people of the Republic of France have always expressed solidarity with the people of the United States, 

including following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 

2001, which claimed the lives of thousands of innocent civilians in the United States; 

Whereas United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, together with the President of the United Nations General 

Assembly and the United Nations Security Council, has 

expressed outrage over these cold-blooded and unjustifiable terrorist attacks in Paris; 

Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 

10, 1948, holds that ‘‘everyone has the right to freedom 

of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to 

hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive 


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and impart information and ideas through any media and 

regardless of frontiers’’; 

Whereas the show of solidarity from hundreds of thousands 

of people in the Republic of France, the United States, 

and worldwide under the banner ‘‘Je suis Charlie’’ (‘‘I 

am Charlie’’) makes known that the international community of nations stands together to reaffirm freedom of 

expression and to denounce terrorism; 

Whereas Muslim majority nations around the world, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, Morocco, Iran, Lebanon, Indonesia, Bahrain, Morocco, Algeria, and Qatar, and leading institutions such as the Arab 

League, Egypt’s al-Azhar University and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation have all condemned and rejected these terrorist attacks as contrary to the Islamic 

faith; 

Whereas on Sunday, January 11, 2015, more than 40 world 

leaders and 1,000,000 people gathered to march in Paris 

honoring the victims of the terrorist attacks; 

Whereas the outpouring of support from people around the 

world reveals that an attack on the free press in the Republic of France is an attack on human liberties; and 

Whereas the people and Government of the United States 

stand in solidarity with our French allies and renew our 

common support for democracy and freedom, including 

freedom of the press and freedom of religion: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns the terrorist attacks and cowardly 

3 murders at the offices of the French newspaper 


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1 Charlie Hebdo and kosher market Hyper Cacher in 

2 Paris; 

3 (2) expresses its deepest condolences to the 

4 families of the victims of these attacks and to the 

5 Republic of France; 

6 (3) expresses our solidarity with the people of 

7 the Republic of France and pays tribute to our 

8 shared values, ideals, and liberties, including the 

9 freedom of thought and expression and freedom of 

10 the press; 

11 (4) recognizes the statements from Muslim ma12 jority nations and leaders across the world that ter13 rorist attacks purportedly conducted in the name of 

14 Islam such as the attacks in Paris are an affront to 

15 the Muslim faith; and 

16 (5) reaffirms our support for the Government 

17 of France to bring the perpetrators of this violence 

18 to justice and to prevent future attacks. 

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