This concurrent resolution denounces socialism and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 9 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 9
Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 25, 2023
Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Massie, Ms.
Malliotakis, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Gosar, Mrs.
Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Norman, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Bishop
of North Carolina, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Newhouse, Mr.
Duncan, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Gimenez, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Clyde, Mr.
Issa, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Stewart,
Ms. Tenney, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Hill, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Joyce of Ohio,
Mr. Balderson, Mr. Carl, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Owens, Ms. Stefanik, Mr.
Nehls, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Ellzey, Mr.
Rutherford, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Posey, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr.
Kustoff, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Wittman, Mr.
Buchanan, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Fry, Mr. Gooden
of Texas, Mr. Moran, Mr. Womack, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr.
Gallagher, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr.
Ogles, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr.
Luttrell, Mr. Buck, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Baird, Mr. Self, Mr.
Bost, and Mr. Guest) submitted the following concurrent resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
Whereas socialist ideology necessitates a concentration of power that has time
and time again collapsed into Communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and
brutal dictatorships;
Whereas socialism has repeatedly led to famine and mass murders, and the killing
of over 100,000,000 people worldwide;
Whereas many of the greatest crimes in history were committed by socialist
ideologues, including Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel
Castro, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Daniel Ortega, Hugo Chavez,
and Nicolas Maduro;
Whereas tens of millions died in the Bolshevik Revolution, at least 10,000,000
people were sent to the gulags in the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (USSR), and millions more starved in the Terror-Famine
(Holodomor) in Ukraine;
Whereas between 15,000,000 and 55,000,000 people starved to death in the wake of
famine and devastation caused by the Great Leap Forward in China;
Whereas the socialist experiment in Cambodia led to the killing fields in which
over a million people were gruesomely murdered;
Whereas up to 3,500,000 people have starved in North Korea, dividing a land of
freedom from a land of destitution;
Whereas the Castro regime in Cuba expropriated the land of Cuban farmers and the
businesses of Cuban entrepreneurs, stealing their possessions and their
livelihoods, and exiling millions with nothing but the clothes on their
backs;
Whereas the implementation of socialism in Venezuela has turned a once-
prosperous nation into a failed State with the world's highest rate of
inflation;
Whereas the author of the Declaration of Independence, President Thomas
Jefferson, wrote, ``To take from one, because it is thought that his own
industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to
spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry
and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association,
the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, and the
fruits acquired by it.'';
Whereas the ``Father of the Constitution'', President James Madison, wrote that
it ``is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where
the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal
liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for
the service of the rest''; and
Whereas the United States of America was founded on the belief in the sanctity
of the individual, to which the collectivistic system of socialism in
all of its forms is fundamentally and necessarily opposed: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
That Congress denounces socialism in all its forms, and opposes the
implementation of socialist policies in the United States of America.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 83 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 9 and H. Res. 76. All points of order against consideration and provisions are waived and are considered as read. Rule also provides for one hour of general debate on each resolution.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 83. (consideration: CR H635-643)
Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 9 and H. Res. 76. All points of order against consideration and provisions are waived and are considered as read. Rule also provides for one hour of general debate on each resolution.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Con. Res. 9.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule on the resolution and the preamble.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.Con Res. 9, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the resolution and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. McHenry demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H651-652)
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Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 328 - 86, 14 Present (Roll no. 106). (text: CR H651-652)
Roll Call #106 (House)On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 328 - 86, 14 Present (Roll no. 106). (text: CR H651-652)
Roll Call #106 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.