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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 505 

Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death at 

his church on May 31, 2009. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2009 

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. WOOLSEY, 

Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. 

SUTTON, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. HARMAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. THOMPSON of 

Mississippi, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. CLARKE, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK

of Arizona, Mr. SIRES, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. TIERNEY, 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. FARR, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. EDWARDS of 

Texas, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FRANK of 

Massachusetts, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 

Mr. BOYD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CHANDLER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 

Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. TITUS, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 

WEINER, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HARE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ROTHMAN of New 

Jersey, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot 

to death at his church on May 31, 2009. 


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Whereas Dr. George Tiller was murdered in Wichita, Kansas, 

on May 31, 2009; 

Whereas Dr. Tiller is mourned by his family, friends, congregation, community, and colleagues; 

Whereas Dr. Tiller, 67, was killed in his place of worship, a 

place intended for peace and refuge that in a moment became a place for violence and murder; 

Whereas places of worship should be sanctuaries, but have increasingly borne witness to reprehensible acts of violence, 

with 38 people in the United States killed in their place 

of worship in the past 10 years and 30 people wounded 

in those same incidents; 

Whereas these acts of violence include the murder of an Illinois pastor at the pulpit in March 2009, the murder of 

an Ohio minister in November 2008, the murder of an 

usher and a guest during a children’s play in a Tennessee 

church in July 2008, the murder of four family members 

in a church in Louisiana in May 2006, and the shooting 

of a worshipper outside a synagogue in Florida in October 2005; and 

Whereas violence is deplorable, and never an acceptable avenue for expressing opposing viewpoints: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) offers its condolences to Dr. Tiller’s family; 

3 and 

4 (2) commits to the American principle that tol5 erance must always be superior to intolerance, and 


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1 that violence is never an appropriate response to a 

2 difference in beliefs. 

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