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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 183 

Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are 

contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of 

the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are 

contrary to the values and aspirations of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Mr. RASKIN (for himself and Mr. RICHMOND) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations 

that define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against 

minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are 

contrary to the values and aspirations of the United 

States. 

Whereas the first amendment to the Constitution established 

the United States as a country committed to the principles of tolerance and religious freedom, and the 14th 

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tion of the laws as the heart of justice in the United 

States; 

Whereas adherence to these principles is vital to the progress 

of the American people and the diverse communities and 

religious groups of the United States; 

Whereas whether from the political right, center, or left, bigotry, discrimination, oppression, racism, and imputations 

of dual loyalty threaten American democracy and have no 

place in American political discourse; 

Whereas White supremacists in the United States have exploited and continue to exploit bigotry and weaponize 

hate for political gain, targeting traditionally persecuted 

peoples, including African Americans, Native Americans, 

and other people of color, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, 

immigrants, and others with verbal attacks, incitement, 

and violence; 

Whereas the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., taught that 

persecution of any American is an assault on the rights 

and freedoms of all Americans; 

Whereas on August 11 and 12, 2017, self-identified neo-Confederates, White nationalists, neo-Nazis, and Ku Klux 

Klansmen held White supremacist events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they marched on a synagogue under 

the Nazi swastika, engaged in racist and anti-Semitic 

demonstrations and committed brutal and deadly violence 

against peaceful Americans; 

Whereas a White nationalist murdered nine African-American 

worshipers at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal 

Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on the evening of 

June 17, 2015, in the hopes of igniting a nationwide race 

war; 


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Whereas, on October 27, 2018, the perpetrator of the deadliest attack on Jewish people in the history of the United 

States killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue building in Pittsburgh and reportedly stated that 

he ‘‘wanted all Jews to die’’; 

Whereas anti-Semitism is the centuries-old bigotry and form 

of racism faced by Jewish people simply because they are 

Jews; 

Whereas in 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported a 37-percent increase in hate crimes against Jews 

or Jewish institutions and found that attacks against 

Jews or Jewish institutions made up 58.1 percent of all 

religious-based hate crimes; 

Whereas there is an urgent need to ensure the safety and security of Jewish communities, including synagogues, 

schools, cemeteries, and other institutions; 

Whereas Jews are the targets of anti-Semitic violence at even 

higher rates in many other countries than they are in the 

United States; 

Whereas it is a foreign policy priority of the United States 

to monitor and combat anti-Semitism abroad; 

Whereas anti-Semitism includes blaming Jews as Jews when 

things go wrong; calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology 

or extremist view of religion; or making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotyped allegations about 

Jews; 

Whereas Jewish people are subject in the media and political 

campaigns to numerous other dangerous anti-Semitic 

myths as well, including that Jews control the United 


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States Government or seek global, political, and financial 

domination and that Jews are obsessed with money; 

Whereas scapegoating and targeting of Jews in the United 

States have persisted for many years, including by the 

Ku Klux Klan, the America First Committee, and by 

modern neo-Nazis; 

Whereas accusing Jews of being more loyal to Israel or to the 

Jewish community than to the United States constitutes 

anti-Semitism because it suggests that Jewish citizens 

cannot be patriotic Americans and trusted neighbors, 

when Jews have loyally served our Nation every day since 

its founding, whether in public or community life or military service; 

Whereas accusations of dual loyalty generally have an insidious and pernicious history, including— 

(1) the discriminatory incarceration of Americans of 

Japanese descent during World War II on their basis of 

race and alleged dual loyalty; 

(2) the Dreyfus affair, when Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French artillery captain, was falsely convicted of 

passing secrets to Germany based on his Jewish background; 

(3) when the loyalty of President John F. Kennedy 

was questioned because of his Catholic faith; and 

(4) the post-9/11 conditions faced by Muslim-Americans in the United States, including Islamophobia and 

false and vicious attacks on and threats to Muslim-Americans for alleged association with terrorism; 

Whereas anti-Muslim bigotry entails prejudicial attitudes towards Muslims and people who are perceived to be Muslim, including the irrational belief that Muslims are inherently violent, disloyal, and foreign; 


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Whereas Muslims and people perceived to be Muslim are subjected to false and dangerous stereotypes and myths including unfair allegations that they sympathize with individuals who engage in violence or terror or support the 

oppression of women, Jews, and other vulnerable communities; 

Whereas in 2017, mosques were bombed in Bloomington, 

Minnesota, and burned in Austin, Texas, Victoria, Texas, 

Bellevue, Washington, and Thonotosassa, Florida, and 

mass attacks on Muslim communities were planned 

against communities in Islamberg, New York, in 2019, 

Jacksonville, Florida, in 2017, and Garden City, Kansas, 

in 2016; 

Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported that 

hate crimes against Muslims or Muslim institutions in 

the United States increased by over 99 percent between 

2014 and 2016; 

Whereas attacks motivated by bigotry against those who are 

Muslim or perceived to be Muslim have substantially increased since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; 

Whereas the violation of an individual’s civil rights based on 

his or her actual or perceived membership in a particular 

religious group clearly violates the Constitution and laws 

of the United States; and 

Whereas all Americans, including Jews, Muslims, and Christians and people of all faiths and no faith, have a stake 

in fighting anti-Semitism, as all Americans have a stake 

in fighting every form of bigotry and hatred against people based on religion, race, or place of birth and origin: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) rejects the perpetuation of anti-Semitic 

2 stereotypes in the United States and around the 

3 world, including the pernicious myth of dual loyalty 

4 and foreign allegiance, especially in the context of 

5 support for the United States-Israel alliance; 

6 (2) condemns anti-Semitic acts and statements 

7 as hateful expressions of intolerance that are con8 tradictory to the values that define the people of the 

9 United States; 

10 (3) reaffirms its support for the mandate of the 

11 United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat 

12 Anti-Semitism as part of the broader policy priority 

13 of fostering international religious freedom and pro14 tecting human rights all over the world; 

15 (4) rejects attempts to justify hatred or violent 

16 attacks as an acceptable expression of disapproval or 

17 frustration over political events in the Middle East 

18 or elsewhere; 

19 (5) acknowledges the harm suffered by Muslims 

20 and others from the harassment, discrimination, and 

21 violence that result from anti-Muslim bigotry; 

22 (6) condemns anti-Muslim discrimination and 

23 bigotry against all minorities as contrary to the val24 ues of the United States; 


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1 (7) condemns the death threats received by 

2 Jewish and Muslim Members of Congress, including 

3 in recent weeks; 

4 (8) encourages law enforcement and govern5 ment officials to avoid conduct that raises the spec6 ter of unconstitutional profiling against anyone be7 cause of their race, religion, nationality, political, or 

8 particular social group, including the assignment of 

9 blame or targeting members of an entire religious 

10 group for increased suspicion, based on the conduct 

11 of a single individual or small group of individuals; 

12 and 

13 (9) encourages all public officials to confront 

14 the reality of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, 

15 and other forms of bigotry, as well as historical 

16 struggles against them, to ensure that the United 

17 States will live up to the transcendent principles of 

18 tolerance, religious freedom, and equal protection as 

19 embodied in the Declaration of Independence and 

20 the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution. 

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