,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,kaptur submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,honoring the memory of   
,poland's ,president1 national leaders1 
and cultural leaders who were killed in 
the tragic plane crash at ,smolensk1    
,russia on ,april #aj1 #bjaj4  ,whereas 
,poland's ,president ,lech ,kaczyski and
 #ie other people1 including ,poland's  
,first ,lady1 deputy foreign minister1  
deputy defense minister1 dozens of      
members of ,parliament1 the chiefs of   
the army and navy1 other chiefs of the  
,polish armed forces1 and the president 
of the national bank1 were killed when  
the ,president's airliner1 a ,tupelov   
,,tu-#aed,m1 crashed near ,smolensk1    
,russia on ,april #aj1 #bjaj2 ,whereas  
,anna ,walentynowicz1 the former dock   
worker whose firing in #aihj sparked the
 ,solidarity strike that ultimately     

overthrew the communist government of   
,poland1 was also killed in the crash2  
,whereas ,ryszard ,kaczorowski1 who     
served as ,poland's final president in  
exile before the country's return to    
democracy1 also perished in the crash2  
,whereas ,chicago suffered the loss of a
 respected artist when ,wojciech        
,seweryn1 whose father was killed in    
,katyn1 died in the crash2 ,whereas this
 tragedy occurred as the ,polish        
delegation was on its final approach to 
land in order to attend an historic     
ceremony to publically commemorate the  
#gjth anniversary of the ,katyn         
,massacre of #aidj2 ,whereas1 in #aidj1 
the ,soviet secret police1 the ,people's
 ,commissariat for ,internal ,affairs   
7,,nkvd71 was directed by ,joseph       
,stalin to systematically murder        
approximately #bb1jjj ,polish military  
officers1 prisoners1 and intellectuals2 
,whereas1 on ,september #ah1 #aiea1 the 
,house of ,representatives established  
the ,select ,committee to ,conduct an   

,investigation and ,study of the ,facts1
 ,evidence1 and ,circumstances of the   
,katyn ,forest ,massacre2 ,whereas1 on  
,december #bb1 #aieb1 the ,select       
,committee unanimously concluded in its 
final report that the ,soviet ,,nkvd    
committed the mass murders of the       
,polish officers and intellectual       
leaders in the ,katyn ,forest1 stating1 
there has not been a scintilla of proof 
or even any remote circumstantial       
evidence presented that could indict any
 other nation in this international     
crime2 ,whereas the ,soviet ,union did  
not admit responsibility for this       
atrocity until ,president ,mikhail      
,gorbachev's statement on ,april #ac1   
#aiij2 ,whereas the attendance of ,prime
 ,minister ,vladimir ,putin was to be   
the first time ever that a ,russian     
leader attended the ,katyn              
commemoration2 ,whereas more than       
#i1jjj1jjj ,americans of ,polish descent
 now reside in the ,united ,states and  
,polish-,americans have been leaders in 

all walks of ,american life2 ,whereas   
the ,american people stood in support of
 the ,solidarity movement as it fought  
against the oppression of the communist 
government of ,poland through peaceful  
means1 eventually leading to ,solidarity
 members being elected to office in open
 democratic elections held on ,june #d1 
#aihi1 events that helped spark the     
movement to democracy throughout eastern
 ,europe2 ,whereas ,poland joined the   
,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization  
7,,nato7 in #aiii1 joined the ,european 
,union in #bjjd1 and has contributed to 
,united ,states and ,,nato operations in
 ,iraq and ,afghanistan2 ,whereas       
,poland has enjoyed a thriving and      
prosperous free market democracy since  
the end of the ,cold ,war2 and ,whereas 
the ,united ,states and ,poland are     
close allies1 with a shared bond of     
history1 friendship1 and international  
cooperation3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,house of ,representatives--  
7#a7 honors the memory of ,poland's     

,president1 national leaders1 and       
cultural leaders who were killed in the 
tragic plane crash at ,smolensk1 ,russia
 on ,april #aj1 #bjaj2  7#b7 expresses  
its deepest sympathies to the people of 
,poland and the families of those who   
perished in the ,april #aj1 #bjaj1 plane
 crash2  7#c7 expresses strong and      
continued solidarity with the people of 
,poland and all persons of ,polish      
descent2 and  7#d7 expresses unwavering 
support for the ,government of ,poland  
as it works to overcome the loss of many
 key public officials and as it         
continues to seek information regarding 
the plane crash on ,april #aj1 #bjaj4