IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 78 
Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish 
people in its perpetration of the Holocaust and calling on every entity 
in the executive branch to affirm that fact. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. HECK, Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. SEAN PATRICK 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Ms. MENG, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 
SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. BUSTOS, 
Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. VELA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. TITUS, 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. POLIS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KEATING, Miss RICE of New 
York, Ms. DELBENE, and Mr. GRIJALVA) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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•HRES 78 IH 
RESOLUTION 
Reiterating the indisputable fact that the Nazi regime tar-
geted the Jewish people in its perpetration of the Holo-
caust and calling on every entity in the executive branch 
to affirm that fact. 
Whereas it is an indisputable fact that the Holocaust was one 
of the worst atrocities and most heinous crimes in his-
tory, leading to the annihilation of 6 million Jews by the 
Nazi regime through execution, barbaric medical experi-
mentation, starvation, and forced labor; 
Whereas the 2017 White House statement on Holocaust Re-
membrance Day did not include a reference to Jewish 
people targeted during the Holocaust; 
Whereas, when given the opportunity to correct the omission, 
senior officials in the White House instead defended the 
exclusion of any reference to the Jewish people in the 
Holocaust Remembrance Day statement; 
Whereas the Holocaust was instigated, planned, and carried 
out by the Nazi regime through a systematic plan of 
propaganda, misinformation, and lies; 
Whereas the Holocaust was started because of the Nazi re-
gime’s desire to exterminate the Jewish people, their 
identity, their culture, and their history through a ‘‘Final 
Solution’’ that would eliminate the Jewish people from 
the face of the Earth; 
Whereas Jewish targets and victims of the Holocaust were 
from all ages and backgrounds, including men, women, 
children, and infants; 
Whereas many other groups of people were also targeted dur-
ing the Holocaust, including Roma, members of the 
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•HRES 78 IH 
LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, people with 
mental illness, members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, reli-
gious minorities, and more; 
Whereas despite well-established facts about the Holocaust, 
some people, including people in positions of authority, 
continue to question whether the Holocaust happened; 
Whereas a 2014 global survey of anti-Semitic attitudes found 
that 35 percent of people around the world have never 
heard about the Holocaust and an additional 32 percent 
believe it’s a myth or greatly exaggerated; and 
Whereas people pursuing anti-Semitism often draw inspira-
tion from innuendo, racism, hatred, misdirection, and 
omission: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reiterates the indisputable fact that the 
Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in its per-
petration of the Holocaust; 
(2) states that to deny or minimize that the 
Holocaust was an effort to eliminate the Jewish peo-
ple is shameful; and 
(3) calls on all the executive branch agencies 
and entities, including the White House, to affirm 
that the Nazi regime targeted the Jewish people in 
its perpetration of the Holocaust. 
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