Title: Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill Holocaust education in school curricula around the country.
Policy area: Education

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Holocaust education.
Specifically, it (1) commends Holocaust education activists on their efforts to include Holocaust education in states' public school curricula, (2) urges more states and school districts to include Holocaust education in their curricula, and (3) expresses the sense of the House that more should be done to instill in the nation's schools the promise that we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust and must always work to prevent such atrocities from occurring in the future.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 27 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 27

 Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill 
      Holocaust education in school curricula around the country.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2019

 Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, and 
Ms. Bonamici) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill 
      Holocaust education in school curricula around the country.

Whereas more than 70 years after the conclusion of World War II, it is even more 
        important now to remember the events of the Holocaust and the genocidal 
        pursuits of the Nazi regime;
Whereas troubling numbers of people are ignorant of the events of the Holocaust 
        and there are even those who deny that the Holocaust occurred;
Whereas lies continue to be spread with the goal of perpetuating racist, 
        xenophobic, and anti-Semitic principles;
Whereas these insensitive beliefs are all too common, and only serve to dishonor 
        those that were persecuted, tortured, and killed at the hands of the 
        Nazis;
Whereas with each passing year we lose some of our greatest ambassadors and 
        storytellers as Holocaust survivors age and pass away;
Whereas in the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, not all victims were 
        Jews, but all Jews were victims;
Whereas many Members of Congress are proud to represent large populations of 
        survivors in each of their districts;
Whereas too many students are graduating with little exposure to Holocaust 
        education and its universal relevance;
Whereas education about this tragedy is our best defense against intolerance and 
        bigotry, and against history repeating itself;
Whereas we are proud that 11 States require by law that schools teach students 
        about the Holocaust and the lessons that can be learned from that tragic 
        chapter of history; and
Whereas Congress has consistently acted to preserve the memory of the Holocaust, 
        including establishing a national Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1978: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives--
                    (A) commends Holocaust education activists on their 
                longstanding efforts to include Holocaust education in 
                States' public school curricula across the country; and
                    (B) encourages more States and school districts to 
                include Holocaust education in their curricula and 
                support continued efforts to move this initiative 
                forward; and
            (2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
        more should be done to instill in the Nation's schools the 
        promise that we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust 
        and must always work to prevent such atrocities from occurring 
        in the future.
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