Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the establishment of a National Day of Remembrance.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a National Day of Remembrance should be established to remember the insurrection that occurred on January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol, and that the people of the United States should come together and ensure that such events never occur again in our country.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 106 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 106

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
            establishment of a National Day of Remembrance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2021

   Mr. Krishnamoorthi submitted the following resolution; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
            establishment of a National Day of Remembrance.

Whereas, on January 6, 2021, as Members of Congress convened to count electoral 
        votes for President and Vice President of the United States, in keeping 
        with their constitutional duties, a mob of thousands of insurrectionists 
        gathered on the Capitol Grounds;
Whereas the insurrectionists convened to oppose the imminent affirmation of 
        Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris as the next President and 
        Vice President of the United States, respectively;
Whereas prior to convening on the Capitol Grounds, many of the insurrectionists 
        attended a ``Save America'' rally near the White House;
Whereas President Donald J. Trump spoke at the rally and encouraged attendees to 
        ``walk down to the Capitol'';
Whereas the insurrectionists stormed and forcefully entered the Capitol, 
        including by breaking through barricades, doors, and windows;
Whereas the presence of insurrectionists inside the Capitol posed an immediate 
        threat to the physical security of Members of Congress, congressional 
        staff, and building personnel, forcing them to evacuate or seek shelter 
        elsewhere;
Whereas insurrectionists breached, ransacked, and stole valuable property from 
        the House of Representatives Chamber, the Senate Chamber, and the 
        offices of Members of Congress, including the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives;
Whereas pipe bombs were discovered outside the headquarters of the Democratic 
        National Committee and the Republican National Committee;
Whereas a total of five individuals lost their lives during the insurrection, 
        including United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick;
Whereas these violent acts of insurrection and domestic terror posed an 
        unprecedented attack on American democracy and American democratic 
        institutions; and
Whereas in the aftermath of the insurrection, Members of Congress of both 
        parties condemned the attack as an act of domestic terror against the 
        United States, and both Republican and Democratic elected officials have 
        a solemn responsibility to condemn the attack, hold its perpetrators 
        accountable, and join in remembering the lives lost due to the events of 
        January 6, 2021: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) there should be established a National Day of 
        Remembrance to remember the insurrection that occurred on 
        January 6, 2021, at the United States Capitol; and
            (2) we should come together as a country and ensure that 
        such events never occur again in our Nation of, by, and for the 
        people.
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