•HRES 88 IH 
Whereas, on February 1, 2011, President Hosni Mubarak an-
nounced that he would not seek another term and would 
resign from the presidency following the election for his 
successor in September and that his newly-appointed Vice 
President, Omar Suleiman, would open a dialogue with 
the full range of those in opposition to his regime; 
Whereas, on February 5, 2011, and February 6, 2011, the 
demonstrators met with Vice President Suleiman and 
Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq to discuss a political tran-
sition and to reiterate their central demand that Presi-
dent Mubarak step down in order to begin the process of 
building a new Egypt and to ensure an electoral process 
free from manipulation; 
Whereas, on February 6, 2011, President Barack Obama 
stated that ‘‘the Egyptian people want freedom, they 
want free and fair elections, they want a representative 
government, they want a responsive government’’; 
Whereas Egyptian workers demonstrated their solidarity with 
the protestors on February 8, 2011, when they began 
strikes across Egypt; 
Whereas, in a speech on February 10, 2011, that was widely 
expected to be his resignation, President Mubarak told 
Egyptians that he would remain in office, while dele-
gating some of his powers to Vice President Suleiman 
and beginning a process of national dialogue and reform; 
Whereas the people of Egypt did not believe that the transi-
tion to a new government could begin as long as Presi-
dent Mubarak remained in office and vowed to continue 
their demonstrations; 
Whereas President Barack Obama issued a statement saying 
that after President Mubarak’s February 10, 2011, 
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speech, ‘‘too many Egyptians remain unconvinced that 
the government is serious about a genuine transition to 
democracy.’’; and 
Whereas President Mubarak resigned as President of Egypt 
on February 11, 2011, and relinquished control to the 
Egyptian army: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) stands in solidarity with the people of Egypt 
in their democratic aspirations and as they begin a 
new chapter in their country’s proud history; 
(2) condemns the use of violence against un-
armed protestors by the Egyptian security services 
and hired gangs of thugs, urges the release of any 
peaceful protestors who remain in custody, and calls 
for an end to the imposition of emergency or martial 
law; 
(3) deplores the targeted beatings and arrests 
of Egyptian and international journalists, as well as 
human rights and democracy advocates; 
(4) expresses its gratitude to the Egyptian 
army for their restraint and for remembering that 
their mission is to safeguard the people of Egypt; 
and 
(5) calls upon the Government of Egypt and 
the political opposition to work together to transition 
Egypt to a credible democracy with respect for uni-
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versal rights, including minority rights, and a new 
era for the Egyptian people. 
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