IV
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 227
Condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans, American Muslims,
and Americans from South Asia in the wake of terrorist attacks in
New York City, New York, and Washington, D.C., on September 11,
2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
Mr. BONIOR (for himself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. TOM DAVIS of
Virginia, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. FROST,
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SUNUNU,
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. HORN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
ISSA, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. MORELLA,
Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CAMP, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. WOLF, Mr. RUSH, Mr.
KIRK, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PITTS,
Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr.
PALLONE, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. PASCRELL,
Ms. WATERS, Mr. JOHN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. MEEKS of
New York, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms.
MCCARTHY of Missouri, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. WU, Mr. BACA, Mr. PAYNE,
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. MOORE, Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. WATT of North Caro-
lina, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. BECER-
RA, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. MATHE-
SON, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. COYNE, Mr. PRICE
of North Carolina, Mr. KIND, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mrs. JONES
of Ohio, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. THOMPSON
of California, Mr.
CAPUANO, Ms. RIVERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. LARSON of
Connecticut, Ms. WATSON, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN-
SON of Texas, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. HONDA, Mr. PASTOR,
Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. LEE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GEORGE
MILLER of California, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms.
ESHOO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. TOWNS, Mrs. MALONEY of New
York, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. DREIER) submitted the following concurrent
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
•HCON 227 ATH
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; which was considered and agreed to
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans,
American Muslims, and Americans from South Asia in
the wake of terrorist attacks in New York City, New
York, and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001.
Whereas all Americans are united in condemning, in the
strongest possible terms, the terrorists who planned and
carried out the attacks against the United States on Sep-
tember 11, 2001, and in pursuing all those responsible
for these attacks and their sponsors until they are
brought to justice and punished;
Whereas the Arab-American, South Asian-American, and
American Muslim communities are a vital part of the Na-
tion;
Whereas on September 12, 2001, in a mass for the Nation
and the victims of the terrorist hijackings and attacks,
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Archbishop of Wash-
ington, D.C., reminded all Americans in prayer that ‘‘we
must seek the guilty and not strike out against the inno-
cent or we become like them who are without moral guid-
ance or direction’’;
Whereas the heads of State of several Arab and predomi-
nantly Muslim countries have condemned the terrorist at-
tacks on the United States and the senseless loss of inno-
cent lives; and