IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1075 

Commemorating one year since the domestic terror attack motivated by white 

supremacy occurred in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2020 

Ms. ESCOBAR (for herself, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. VELA, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. 

CASTRO of Texas, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, 

Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. WELCH, 

Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 

POCAN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. 

WILD, Mr. STANTON, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. HIMES, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 

LEE of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LOFGREN, 

and Mr. CICILLINE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating one year since the domestic terror attack 

motivated by white supremacy occurred in El Paso, 

Texas, on August 3, 2019. 

Whereas August 3, 2020, marks one year since the domestic 

terror attack motivated by white supremacy occurred in 

El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019; 


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Whereas, on August 3, 2019, a domestic terrorist confessed 

to driving approximately 10 hours, over 600 miles, to target Latinos; 

Whereas, as a result, 23 people lost their lives and 22 more 

were injured in what is the deadliest anti-Latino attack 

in recent American history; 

Whereas the Nation mourns for the families of Andre ́ Pablo 

Anchondo, Jordan Kae Anchondo, Arturo Benavides, 

Jorge Calvillo Garcia, Leonardo Campos Jr., Maribel 

Hernandez-Loya, Adolfo Cerros Herna ́ndez, Sara Esther 

Regalado Monreal, Guillermo ‘‘Coach Memo’’ Garcia, 

Angelina Silva Englisbee, Maria Mun ̃oz Flores, Raul 

Estrada Flores, Gerhard Alexander Hoffmann, David 

Alvah Johnson, Luis Alfonso Juarez, Maria Eugenia 

Legarreta Rothe, Ivan Manzano, Gloria Irma Marquez, 

Elsa L. Mendoza, Margie Reckard, Javier Amir Rodriguez, Teresa Trinidad Sanchez Guerra, and Juan De 

Dios Velazquez; 

Whereas the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in El 

Paso, Texas, on September 6, 2020, entitled ‘‘Oversight 

of the Trump Administration’s Border Policies and the 

Relationship Between Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and Domestic Terrorism’’ to examine the role the Trump administration’s policy changes and xenophobic rhetoric have 

had on migrants and border communities; 

Whereas the El Paso, Texas, community continues to recover 

from this tragedy, lifts up the victims, supports the survivors, and thanks law enforcement, first responders, and 

health care workers for their efforts to save lives; 

Whereas the El Paso, Texas, community united to decry this 

attack motivated by racism and xenophobia, mourned the 


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lives lost, and raised nearly 12 million dollars for impacted individuals; and 

Whereas the community is El Paso Strong: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) remembers the victims, survivors, and the 

3 El Paso community on the one year anniversary of 

4 the deadliest attack against Latinos in recent his5 tory; 

6 (2) offers condolences and support for everyone 

7 impacted by the tragedy; 

8 (3) thanks the first responders and law enforce9 ment for their swift action; 

10 (4) commends the health care workers who 

11 treated the victims and saved as many lives as they 

12 could; 

13 (5) condemns racism and hate in all forms in14 cluding anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric; 

15 (6) acknowledges the work that remains to com16 bat racism, xenophobia, terrorism, and hate crimes, 

17 including by passing legislation to curb America’s 

18 gun violence epidemic; and 

19 (7) commits to ensuring that another tragedy 

20 such as this never happens again. 

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