```

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 870 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 870

 Expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families 
 who participated in the Taxpayer March on Washington on September 12, 
                                 2009.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2009

Mr. Price of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Pence, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Akin, 
  Mr. Austria, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. Barton of 
Texas, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Bonner, Mr. 
Brady of Texas, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Ms. 
 Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cantor, Mr. 
    Campbell, Mr. Carter, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Coffman of 
 Colorado, Mr. Cole, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Ms. Fallin, 
Mr. Forbes, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Ms. Granger, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, 
Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Graves, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Harper, Mr. Hensarling, 
 Mr. Herger, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Sam 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Jordan of Ohio, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. 
   Kline of Minnesota, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Latta, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. 
   Lummis, Mr. McCaul, Mr. McClintock, Mr. McHenry, Mr. McKeon, Mr. 
Marchant, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
 Neugebauer, Mr. Olson, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Posey, Mr. Roe of 
    Tennessee, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. 
Shimkus, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Souder, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. 
Wamp, Mr. Westmoreland, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                         and Government Reform

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION

 
 Expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families 
 who participated in the Taxpayer March on Washington on September 12, 
                                 2009.

Whereas, on September 12, 2009, hundreds of thousands of American patriots, who 
        refuse to sit idly by as the Federal Government advances skyrocketing 
        deficits, taxpayer-funded bailouts, pork-barrel projects, burdensome 
        taxes, unaccountable policy czars, command-and-control energy policy, 
        and a government takeover of health care, came to Washington, DC, to 
        show their disapproval;
Whereas individuals also wanted to convey their displeasure with the future tax 
        increases that will be required to pay for deficit-financed spending;
Whereas these individuals understand that the fundamental American principles of 
        limited government and personal liberty are under direct assault;
Whereas this dedicated group of freedom-loving Americans believe in open, 
        accountable, responsible, constitutionally based government;
Whereas hundreds of buses, multiple caravans of cars from across the country, 
        and many individually chartered flights, as well as thousands of lone-
        traveling cars and trucks, brought these patriots to Washington, DC, 
        solely for this event;
Whereas these individuals endured considerable personal expense to get to the 
        march, including transportation and lodging expenses, as well as lost 
        wages in many instances;
Whereas estimates of the number of people who peacefully marched from Freedom 
        Plaza to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on September 12, 2009, range 
        as high as 1,700,000 marchers;
Whereas all 50 States were represented in the march;
Whereas this event is considered to be the largest ever gathering of fiscal 
        conservatives in Washington, DC;
Whereas special accolades are due to the grassroots citizens organizations 
        across the country who helped individuals exercise their 
        constitutionally protected First Amendment rights in the Nation's 
        capital; and
Whereas when the current trends of government expansion and freedom retrenchment 
        are reversed, it will be due in large part to the efforts of the 
        hundreds of thousands who marched on Washington, DC, on September 12, 
        2009: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives expresses its gratitude 
and appreciation to the hundreds of thousands of people who marched on 
Washington, DC, on September 12, 2009, to show their love of liberty 
and their grievance with recent government actions.
                                 <all>
```