Title: Expressing deep gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States to the journalists and news staff who risked threats of injury and death to chronicle the horrendous details of the insurrection on January 6, 2021.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
This resolution thanks and honors the journalists and news staff who risked themselves to chronicle the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and it condemns the harassment and violent attacks on the media during the insurrection.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 51 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 51

Expressing deep gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States 
  to the journalists and news staff who risked threats of injury and 
   death to chronicle the horrendous details of the insurrection on 
                            January 6, 2021.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2021

  Mrs. Bustos (for herself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
  Lowenthal, Ms. Meng, Ms. Speier, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Jackson 
  Lee, Mr. Payne, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. 
 Scanlon, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Rush, Ms. Wild, Ms. Newman, 
 Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Welch, Mr. Takano, Mr. Carson, Mr. Pallone, Mr. 
  McGovern, Mr. Foster, Ms. Barragan, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
Lieu, Mr. Sires, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. 
   Hastings, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. 
Kilmer, Ms. Adams, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, and 
Ms. Brownley) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing deep gratitude on behalf of the people of the United States 
  to the journalists and news staff who risked threats of injury and 
   death to chronicle the horrendous details of the insurrection on 
                            January 6, 2021.

Whereas, on January 6, 2021, at the urging of President Donald J. Trump, 
        insurrectionists gathered to besiege the United States Capitol in a 
        violent attempt to overturn the 2020 electoral college results;
Whereas, on that day, President Trump addressed the insurrectionists and 
        continued his previous attacks on the media, calling journalists ``the 
        biggest problem we have'';
Whereas President Trump then falsely claimed that the 2020 Presidential election 
        was ``stolen by the fake news media'';
Whereas President Trump then labeled the media ``the enemy of the people'' and 
        again referred to it as ``the biggest problem we have in this country'';
Whereas the insurrectionists then surrounded, threatened, and struck 
        journalists, destroying equipment and forcing personnel to flee for fear 
        of their safety;
Whereas insurrectionists continued to target journalists throughout their 
        invasion of the Capitol, vandalizing one door with their intent to 
        ``Murder the media''; and
Whereas despite the overwhelming threats to their lives, journalists bravely 
        continued to report on the bloody January 6th insurrection while also 
        protecting and caring for victims caught in the attack: Now, therefore, 
        be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) declares its deep gratitude on behalf of the people of 
        the United States to the journalists and news staff who risked 
        threats of injury and death to chronicle the horrendous details 
        of the insurrection;
            (2) encourages congressional support for the mental and 
        physical well-being of the journalists and news staff affected 
        by the insurrection;
            (3) condemns the harassment and violent attacks on the 
        media during the insurrection; and
            (4) honors the January 6th contributions of the journalists 
        and news staff as the newest chapter of our Nation's ongoing 
        struggle to protect free speech under the First Amendment.
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