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Condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured in the attack, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.

USA115th CongressHJRES-117| House 
| Updated: 9/7/2017
Thomas A. Garrett

Thomas A. Garrett

Republican Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (11)
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Scott Taylor (Republican)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Dave Brat (Republican)Bob Goodlatte (Republican)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Barbara Comstock (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community. Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.
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Timeline
Sep 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 14, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

SJRES 115-49
Presented to President.
  • September 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • September 14, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    SJRES 115-49
    Presented to President.

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Related Bills

  • SJRES 115-49: A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.
Congressional tributesCrime preventionCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsHate crimesLaw enforcement officersPolitical movements and philosophiesPresidential administrationsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsTerrorismVirginia

Condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured in the attack, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.

USA115th CongressHJRES-117| House 
| Updated: 9/7/2017
This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community. Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.
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Timeline
Sep 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 14, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

SJRES 115-49
Presented to President.
  • September 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • September 14, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    SJRES 115-49
    Presented to President.
Thomas A. Garrett

Thomas A. Garrett

Republican Representative

Virginia

Cosponsors (11)
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democratic)Scott Taylor (Republican)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)H. Morgan Griffith (Republican)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Dave Brat (Republican)Bob Goodlatte (Republican)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Barbara Comstock (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Related Bills

  • SJRES 115-49: A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional tributesCrime preventionCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal justice information and recordsHate crimesLaw enforcement officersPolitical movements and philosophiesPresidential administrationsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRacial and ethnic relationsState and local government operationsTerrorismVirginia