Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1032
Sponsors: KATZ, FULLER, HERBIG, HICKMAN, JORGENSEN, MOONEN, RECKITT, TALBOT ROSS

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon
Sara Gideon, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House
, Speaker of the House 
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt
Robert B. Hunt, Clerk
, Clerk
, Clerk
, Clerk 
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32nd Legislative Day 
Thursday, April 20, 2017 
Calling of the House to Order by the Speaker. 
Prayer by Honorable Denise A. Tepler, Topsham. 
National Anthem by Hallie Pike, Jay and Sawyer Zundel, Farmington. 
Pledge of Allegiance. 
Doctor of the day, Jessica Richmond, M.D., Sebec. 
Reading of the Journal of yesterday. 
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HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Thursday, April 20, 2017
ORDERS 
(4-1)  On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the following Joint Resolution:  
(H.P. 1032) (Cosponsored by Senator KATZ of Kennebec and Representatives: FULLER of 
Lewiston, HERBIG of Belfast, HICKMAN of Winthrop, JORGENSEN of Portland, MOONEN 
of Portland, RECKITT of South Portland, TALBOT ROSS of Portland) 
JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING YOM HASHOAH,  
THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 
WHEREAS, from 1933 to 1945, 6,000,000 Jews were murdered in the Holocaust as part of a 
state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation program of genocide, and millions of other 
people suffered as victims of Nazism, such as the handicapped, political dissidents and many others 
for racial, ethnic or national reasons; and 
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should always remember the atrocities 
committed by the Nazis so that such horrors are never repeated, and the history of the Holocaust 
offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals, societies and 
governments; and 
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should always remember those who liberated 
the Nazi concentration camps, some of whom lost their lives and others of whom have experienced 
lifelong emotional suffering, as holding an honored place in our history; and 
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should continually rededicate themselves to the 
principle of equal justice for all people, remain eternally vigilant against all tyranny and recognize 
that bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and 
WHEREAS, the national community, pursuant to an Act of Congress, will be 
commemorating the week of April 17, 2017 to April 24, 2017 as the Days of Remembrance of the 
Victims of the Holocaust, including the Day of Remembrance, known as Yom HaShoah, April 24, 
2017; and 
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the people of the State of Maine to join in this international 
commemoration, marking 72 years since the end of World War II and the liberation of the Nazi 
concentration and death camps; now, therefore, be it 
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Legislature 
now assembled in the First Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, pause in solemn 
memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of the survivors, rescuers and liberators; that 
We urge one and all to recommit themselves to the lessons of the Holocaust through the international 
week of commemoration; and that We express our common desire to continually strive to overcome 
prejudice and inhumanity through education, vigilance and resistance; and be it further 
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary of 
State, be transmitted to the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the people of the State of Maine. 
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