IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 797 
Expressing concern about the growing problem of book banning and the 
proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2025 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. CASTRO
of Texas, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. COSTA, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DAVIS
of Illinois, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. ELFRETH, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. FROST, Mr. GOLDMAN of 
New York, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. IVEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KENNEDY of New York, Mr. 
LANDSMAN, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. 
LIEU, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PRESSLEY, 
Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SIMON, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILLIAMS of Geor-
gia, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and 
in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Armed Services, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing concern about the growing problem of book ban-
ning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of ex-
pression in the United States. 
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•HRES 797 IH 
Whereas the overwhelming majority of voters in the United 
States oppose book bans; 
Whereas an overwhelming majority of voters in the United 
States support educators teaching about the civil rights 
movement, the history and experiences of Native Ameri-
cans, enslaved Africans, immigrants facing discrimina-
tion, and the ongoing effects of racism; 
Whereas an overwhelming majority of Americans are con-
fident that their community’s public schools select appro-
priate books for students to read; 
Whereas, in 1969, the Supreme Court of the United States 
held in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community 
School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), that students do 
not ‘‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech 
or expression at the schoolhouse gate’’; 
Whereas, in 1982, a plurality of the Supreme Court of the 
United States wrote in Board of Education, Island Trees 
Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 
(1982), that schools may not remove library books based 
on ‘‘narrowly partisan or political grounds’’, as this kind 
of censorship will result in ‘‘official suppression of ideas’’; 
Whereas the First Amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States protects freedom of speech and the free-
dom to read and write; 
Whereas Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights states that ‘‘everyone has the right to freedom of 
opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to 
hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive 
and impart information and ideas through any media and 
regardless of frontiers’’; 
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