Title: Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and racially motivated murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III in College Park, Maryland, on May 20, 2017, expressing concern for the rising tide of racist and hate-based activities being committed on our college campuses, and reaffirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety in our higher education institutions in the wake of these attacks.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
Condemns the recent attack on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, that resulted in the death of Lt. Richard Collins III and other hate-motivated incidents.
Acknowledges the efforts undertaken by university officials in responding to racism, extremism, and hate and creating safer campuses.
Recognizes the persistent and growing threat posed by hate speech, efforts by extremist organizations to specifically target young people, and the normalization of these practices.
Expresses that the House of Representatives remains committed to offering solutions that promote open, tolerant, and safe learning environments that fully respect diversity on college campuses.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 423 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 423

Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and racially motivated 
murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III in College Park, Maryland, on May 
  20, 2017, expressing concern for the rising tide of racist and hate-
     based activities being committed on our college campuses, and 
  reaffirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety in our 
      higher education institutions in the wake of these attacks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2017

Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. 
 Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New 
  York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Costa, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Delaney, 
   Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Evans, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
   Hoyer, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of 
 Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
   Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New 
     Mexico, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Moore, Mrs. 
   Napolitano, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peters, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. 
 Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Richmond, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. 
    Rush, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
  Slaughter, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. 
  Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Ms. Bass) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Condemning in the strongest terms the unprovoked and racially motivated 
murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III in College Park, Maryland, on May 
  20, 2017, expressing concern for the rising tide of racist and hate-
     based activities being committed on our college campuses, and 
  reaffirming our support for inclusion, diversity, and safety in our 
      higher education institutions in the wake of these attacks.

Whereas, on May 20, 2017, Lt. Collins was heinously stabbed in the chest in an 
        unprovoked attack at a bus-stop on the campus of the University of 
        Maryland, College Park;
Whereas his alleged attacker, Sean Christopher Urbanski, had a known association 
        with an Alt-Right White-supremacist group called ``Alt Reich: Nation'';
Whereas the incident took the life of Richard W. Collins III, who was recently 
        commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, intelligence 
        branch; and was killed two days before he was set to graduate with a 
        business degree from Bowie State University;
Whereas the horrific attack on the campus of the University of Maryland is the 
        latest in an escalating rise in racial and hate-motivated activities on 
        college campuses targeting Muslims, Jews, the disabled, immigrants, 
        members of the LGBT community, and people of color;
Whereas the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center have 
        catalogued hate crimes in 33 States in recent months, including--

    (1) a noose was found on the campus of American University in 
Washington, DC, on the same day a Black woman became student body 
president;

    (2) posters at the University of Texas imploring students to ``report 
any and all illegal aliens. America is a White nation'';

    (3) Adolf Hitler themed valentine's cards stating ``my love 4 u burns 
like 6,000 Jews'' circulated at Central Michigan University;

    (4) flyers at the University of Pennsylvania asking onlookers to 
``imagine a Muslim-free America''; and

    (5) printers were hacked and were forced to print anti-Semitic fliers 
at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee;

Whereas a growing number of White, nationalist, racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic 
        organizations are engaged in an unprecedented effort to attract and 
        recruit young people on college campuses;
Whereas these extremist organizations have consciously made the decision to 
        focus their outreach efforts on young people and students, employed a 
        variety of tactics including fliers, online organizing, and bringing 
        national leaders to speak, and have openly boasted of efforts to 
        establish a physical presence on campus;
Whereas we have a responsibility to uphold the right to free speech that is 
        protected by the United States Constitution, but we must not allow 
        freedom of speech to be translated into hate-based activities and 
        crimes;
Whereas long-time White supremacist Jared Taylor described the political 
        landscape, as ``a sign of rising White consciousness and that now is the 
        time to press our advantage in every way possible'';
Whereas we have avoided discussion regarding homegrown terrorists that are 
        becoming radicalized on social media and college campuses;
Whereas we must commit to do a better job at confronting hate in all forms, not 
        just on college campuses, but addressing these systematic issues in our 
        neighborhoods, workplaces, and criminal justice system; and
Whereas the United States House of Representatives must come together and 
        address the underlying issues leading to these unacceptable and heinous 
        actions: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the recent attack in Maryland, on May 20, 
        2017, that resulted in the tragic loss of Lt. Richard Collins 
        III and all other hate-motivated incidents since the fall;
            (2) acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the university 
        officials at Maryland and across the country to respond to 
        racism, extremism and hate, and create a safer campus for all 
        members of the community;
            (3) recognizes the persistent and growing threat posed by 
        hate speech, efforts by extremist organizations to specifically 
        target young people, and the normalization of these practices 
        through platitudes about free speech; and
            (4) remains actively committed to offering solutions that 
        promote open, tolerant, and safe learning environments that 
        fully respect diversity on college campuses.
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