IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 106 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
establishment of a National Day of Remembrance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the establishment of a National Day of Remem-
brance. 
Whereas, on January 6, 2021, as Members of Congress con-
vened to count electoral votes for President and Vice 
President of the United States, in keeping with their con-
stitutional duties, a mob of thousands of insurrectionists 
gathered on the Capitol Grounds; 
Whereas the insurrectionists convened to oppose the immi-
nent affirmation of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Kamala D. 
Harris as the next President and Vice President of the 
United States, respectively; 
Whereas prior to convening on the Capitol Grounds, many of 
the insurrectionists attended a ‘‘Save America’’ rally near 
the White House; 
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Whereas President Donald J. Trump spoke at the rally and 
encouraged attendees to ‘‘walk down to the Capitol’’; 
Whereas the insurrectionists stormed and forcefully entered 
the Capitol, including by breaking through barricades, 
doors, and windows; 
Whereas the presence of insurrectionists inside the Capitol 
posed an immediate threat to the physical security of 
Members of Congress, congressional staff, and building 
personnel, forcing them to evacuate or seek shelter else-
where; 
Whereas insurrectionists breached, ransacked, and stole valu-
able property from the House of Representatives Cham-
ber, the Senate Chamber, and the offices of Members of 
Congress, including the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
Whereas pipe bombs were discovered outside the head-
quarters of the Democratic National Committee and the 
Republican National Committee; 
Whereas a total of five individuals lost their lives during the 
insurrection, including United States Capitol Police Offi-
cer Brian D. Sicknick; 
Whereas these violent acts of insurrection and domestic ter-
ror posed an unprecedented attack on American democ-
racy and American democratic institutions; and 
Whereas in the aftermath of the insurrection, Members of 
Congress of both parties condemned the attack as an act 
of domestic terror against the United States, and both 
Republican and Democratic elected officials have a sol-
emn responsibility to condemn the attack, hold its per-
petrators accountable, and join in remembering the lives 
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lost due to the events of January 6, 2021: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) there should be established a National Day 
of Remembrance to remember the insurrection that 
occurred on January 6, 2021, at the United States 
Capitol; and 
(2) we should come together as a country and 
ensure that such events never occur again in our 
Nation of, by, and for the people. 
Æ 
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