IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 908 
Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID–19. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2020 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CAS-
TRO of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CISNEROS, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. CORREA, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. FUDGE, 
Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. OMAR, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. SUOZZI, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CASE, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Mr. KILMER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. PORTER, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. JEFFRIES, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ROSE of 
New York, Mr. BEYER, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Mr. KIM, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SOTO, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. BASS, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. BISHOP 
of Georgia, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. WILD, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CASTEN 
of Illinois, and Ms. CRAIG) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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RESOLUTION 
Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related 
to COVID–19. 
Whereas 23,000,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 
account for 7 percent of the Nation’s population in the 
United States; 
Whereas over 2,000,000 Asian Americans and Pacific Island-
ers are working on the frontlines of this COVID–19 pan-
demic in health care, law enforcement, first responders, 
transportation, supermarkets, and other service indus-
tries; 
Whereas the use of anti-Asian terminology and rhetoric re-
lated to COVID-19, such as the ‘‘Chinese Virus’’, 
‘‘Wuhan Virus’’, and ‘‘Kung-flu’’ have perpetuated anti- 
Asian stigma; 
Whereas since January 2020, there has been a dramatic in-
crease in reports of hate crimes and incidents against 
those of Asian descent; 
Whereas according to a recent study, there were over 400 
cases related to COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination be-
tween February 9, 2020, and March 7, 2020; 
Whereas the increased use of anti-Asian rhetoric has resulted 
in Asian Americans being harassed, assaulted, and 
scapegoated for the COVID–19 pandemic; 
Whereas in March 2020, anti-Asian violence includes: a 
woman wearing a mask was kicked and punched at a 
New York City subway station; two children and two 
adults were stabbed at a wholesale grocery in Midland, 
Texas; a couple was assaulted and robbed by a group of 
attackers in Philadelphia; and a 16-year-old boy was sent 
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to the hospital after being attacked by bullies in Los An-
geles, California; 
Whereas the increased use of anti-Asian rhetoric has also re-
sulted in Asian-American businesses being targeted for 
vandalism; 
Whereas there are approximately 2 million Asian American- 
owned businesses that generate over $700 billion in an-
nual revenue and employ nearly 4.5 million workers; 
Whereas the World Health Organization (WHO) and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recog-
nize that naming COVID–19 by its geographic location 
or linking it to a specific ethnicity perpetuates stigma; 
Whereas in 2015, the WHO issued guidance calling on media 
outlets, scientists, and national authorities to avoid nam-
ing infectious diseases for locations to avoid stigmatizing 
groups of people; 
Whereas, on February 27, 2020, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services stated ‘‘ethnicity is not what causes the 
novel coronavirus’’ and that it is inappropriate and inac-
curate to call COVID-19 the ‘‘Chinese virus’’; 
Whereas, on February 28, 2020, Dr. Mitch Wolfe, the Chief 
Medical Officer of the CDC said, ‘‘Stigma is the enemy 
of public health’’; 
Whereas, on March 10, 2020, Dr. Robert Redfield, the Direc-
tor of the CDC, testified that use of the term ‘‘Chinese 
coronavirus’’ is wrong and inappropriate; and 
Whereas the Secretary General of the United Nations called 
for international solidarity and an end to any ill-founded 
discrimination of the outbreak’s victims: Now, therefore, 
be it 
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