IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 679 
Expressing support for designation of November 7 as annual ‘‘Victims of 
Communism Memorial Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 5, 2019 
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. DUNCAN) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of November 7 as annual 
‘‘Victims of Communism Memorial Day’’. 
Whereas the year 2017 marked 100 years since the Bolshevik 
Revolution in Russia resulting in the world’s first Com-
munist regime under Vladimir Lenin, which led to dec-
ades of oppression and violence under Communist re-
gimes throughout the world; 
Whereas the people of the United States should always re-
member the crimes committed by Communist regimes in 
the past century, and which are still being committed 
today; 
Whereas based on the philosophy of Karl Marx, communism 
has proven incompatible with the ideals of liberty, pros-
perity, and dignity of human life, and has given rise to 
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such infamous totalitarian dictators as Joseph Stalin, 
Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Nicolae Ceausescu, 
the Castro brothers, and the Kim dynasty; 
Whereas Communist regimes worldwide have killed more than 
100 million people and subjected countless others to the 
worst and widest spread human rights abuses known to 
history, 
with 
victims 
representing 
many 
different 
ethnicities, creeds, and backgrounds; 
Whereas through false promises of equality and liberation, 
Communist regimes have as a matter of government pol-
icy robbed their own citizens of the rights of freedom of 
religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of association 
through coercion, brutality, and fear; 
Whereas the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for the Victims 
of Communism stated publicly in 2018 that ‘‘Marx’s de-
fenders often say he cannot be held accountable for what 
Communist regimes did long after his life and death; but 
Marxist dictators who massacred their own people were 
applying Communist ideology to political practice’’; and 
Whereas President Donald Trump declared November 7, 
2017, as National Day for the Victims of Communism, 
condemning communism as a political philosophy ‘‘incom-
patible with liberty, prosperity, and the dignity of human 
life’’; and 
Whereas President Donald Trump issued a statement on No-
vember 7, 2018, honoring the ‘‘memory of the more than 
100 million people who have been killed and persecuted 
by communist totalitarian regimes’’ and reaffirming 
‘‘steadfast support for those who strive for peace, pros-
perity, and freedom around the world’’; and 
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Whereas the States of Alabama, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsyl-
vania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia have ei-
ther established or introduced bills designating November 
7 as ‘‘Victims of Communism Memorial Day’’ on an an-
nual basis in their respective States; and 
Whereas the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in 
Washington, DC, is a nonprofit organization, authorized 
by a unanimous Act of Congress that educates people 
about the ideology, history, and legacy of communism 
and honors the people who have suffered and died under 
Communist regimes: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Victims of 
Communism Memorial Day’’ to recognize the 100 
million victims of Communist regimes; and 
(2) requests the President of the United States 
to issue a yearly proclamation declaring the National 
Day for the Victims of Communism, commemorating 
the victims of communism, and condemning the 
crimes of Communist regimes, past and present. 
Æ 
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