IV 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 505 
Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot to death at 
his church on May 31, 2009. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2009 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. 
SUTTON, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. HARMAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Mississippi, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. CLARKE, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK 
of Arizona, Mr. SIRES, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. TIERNEY, 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. FARR, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. EDWARDS of 
Texas, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Mr. BOYD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. WATSON, Mr. CHANDLER, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali-
fornia, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. TITUS, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 
WEINER, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HARE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ROTHMAN of New 
Jersey, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the murder of Dr. George Tiller, who was shot 
to death at his church on May 31, 2009. 
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Whereas Dr. George Tiller was murdered in Wichita, Kansas, 
on May 31, 2009; 
Whereas Dr. Tiller is mourned by his family, friends, con-
gregation, community, and colleagues; 
Whereas Dr. Tiller, 67, was killed in his place of worship, a 
place intended for peace and refuge that in a moment be-
came a place for violence and murder; 
Whereas places of worship should be sanctuaries, but have in-
creasingly borne witness to reprehensible acts of violence, 
with 38 people in the United States killed in their place 
of worship in the past 10 years and 30 people wounded 
in those same incidents; 
Whereas these acts of violence include the murder of an Illi-
nois pastor at the pulpit in March 2009, the murder of 
an Ohio minister in November 2008, the murder of an 
usher and a guest during a children’s play in a Tennessee 
church in July 2008, the murder of four family members 
in a church in Louisiana in May 2006, and the shooting 
of a worshipper outside a synagogue in Florida in Octo-
ber 2005; and 
Whereas violence is deplorable, and never an acceptable ave-
nue for expressing opposing viewpoints: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) offers its condolences to Dr. Tiller’s family; 
and 
(2) commits to the American principle that tol-
erance must always be superior to intolerance, and 
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that violence is never an appropriate response to a 
difference in beliefs. 
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