Title: Condemning antisemitism by public figures.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
This resolution condemns the increase in anti-Semitism in the public sphere.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1525 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1525

               Condemning antisemitism by public figures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2022

 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Ms. Adams, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bourdeaux, 
Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
  Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Ms. Craig, Mr. Crow, Mr. 
 Cuellar, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Evans, Ms. 
   Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Garbarino, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. 
Golden, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Green 
of Texas, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Johnson of 
  South Dakota, Mr. Jones, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Katko, Mrs. Kim of 
 California, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Lee 
 of Nevada, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Malinowski, 
Ms. Malliotakis, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mrs. McBath, Ms. 
McCollum, Mr. Meijer, Ms. Meng, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Murphy of 
 Florida, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Panetta, 
  Mr. Pappas, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Peters, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Raskin, Mr. 
    Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Ryan of New York, Ms. Salazar, Mr. 
   Schneider, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. 
  Spanberger, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. 
 Titus, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Trone, Mr. Upton, Mr. Valadao, Mr. 
 Van Drew, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Westerman, 
  Ms. Wild, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. 
  Manning, and Ms. Brown of Ohio) submitted the following resolution; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
               Condemning antisemitism by public figures.

Whereas there is currently a crisis of rising antisemitism, both at home and 
        around the world;
Whereas with increasing frequency, influential public figures, celebrities, and 
        foreign government officials use social media platforms to spread their 
        antisemitic, hateful views, including Holocaust denial and praise for 
        Adolf Hitler;
Whereas the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) most recent ``Audit of Antisemitic 
        Incidents'' in the United States recorded 2,717 acts of assault, 
        vandalism, and harassment in the year 2021 alone, an average of more 
        than 7 incidents per day, which represents a 34-percent increase from 
        2020 and the highest year on record since ADL began tracking antisemitic 
        incidents in 1979;
Whereas there have been a growing number of deadly attacks on the Jewish 
        community in our country, and just since 2018, high-profile attacks on 
        Jews have occurred in Jersey City, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
        Poway, California, Colleyville, Texas, and others;
Whereas, in May 2022, the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 1125, 
        Condemning Rising Antisemitism, which calls on elected officials, faith 
        leaders, and civil society leaders to use their platforms to condemn and 
        combat any and all manifestations of antisemitism;
Whereas there has been a marked increase in prominent public figures using hate 
        speech online; and
Whereas it is the responsibility of elected officials to speak up against 
        antisemitism: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the increase in antisemitism in the public 
        sphere and calls on national faith leaders of all denominations 
        and Americans of influence to join with current and former 
        elected leaders to use their platforms to speak out against 
        antisemitism;
            (2) stands in unity with the Jewish people in the United 
        States and around the world against this rising antisemitism; 
        and
            (3) asserts the need for robust education on the Holocaust, 
        genocide, and the long history of antisemitism to combat the 
        rising tide of hate.
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