,,iia ,calendar ,no4 #bab #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,j4 ,,res4 #di ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,september #f1 #bjag ,mr4 ,warner 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,donnelly1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,harris1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mrs4 ,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,franken1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,nelson1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,king1 and ,mr4 ,sanders7 introduced the following joint resolution2 which was read the first time ,september #g1 #bjag,read the second time and placed on the calendar ,,joint ,,resolution ,condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between ,august #aa and ,august #ab1 #bjag1 in ,charlottesville1 ,virginia1 recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events1 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 violence1 expressing support for the ,charlottesville community1 rejecting ,white nationalists1 ,white supremacists1 the ,ku ,klux ,klan1 neo-,nazis1 and other hate groups1 and urging the ,president and the ,president's ,cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups4 ,whereas1 on the night of ,friday1 ,august #aa1 #bjag1 a day before a ,white nationalist demonstration was scheduled to occur in ,charlottesville1 ,virginia1 hundreds of torch-bearing ,white nationalists1 ,white supremacists1 ,klansmen1 and neo-,nazis chanted racist1 anti-,semitic1 and anti-immigrant slogans and violently engaged with counter-demonstrators on and around the grounds of the ,university of ,virginia in ,charlottesville2 ,whereas1 on ,saturday1 ,august #ab1 #bjag1 ahead of the scheduled start time of the planned march1 protestors and counter-demonstrators gathered at ,emancipation ,park in ,charlottesville2 ,whereas the extremist demonstration turned violent1 culminating in the death of peaceful counter-demonstrator ,heather ,heyer and injuries to #ai other individuals after a neo-,nazi sympathizer allegedly drove a vehicle into a crowd1 an act that resulted in a charge of second degree murder1 #c counts of malicious wounding1 and #a count of hit and run2 ,whereas #b ,virginia ,state ,police officers1 ,lieutenant ,h4 ,jay ,cullen and ,trooper ,pilot ,berke ,m4,m4 ,bates1 died in a helicopter crash as they patrolled the events occurring below them2 ,whereas the ,charlottesville community is engaged in a healing process following this horrific and violent display of bigotry2 and ,whereas ,white nationalists1 ,white supremacists1 the ,ku ,klux ,klan1 neo-,nazis1 and other hate groups reportedly are organizing similar events in other cities in the ,united ,states and communities everywhere are concerned about the growing and open display of hate and violence being perpetrated by those groups3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that ,congress-- 7#a7 condemns the racist violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place between ,august #aa and ,august #ab1 #bjag1 in ,charlottesville1 ,virginia2 7#b7 recognizes-- 7,a7 ,heather ,heyer1 who was killed1 and #ai other individuals who were injured in the reported domestic terrorist attack2 and 7,b7 several other individuals who were injured in separate attacks while standing up to hate and intolerance2 7#c7 recognizes the public service and heroism of ,virginia ,state ,police officers ,lieutenant ,h4 ,jay ,cullen and ,trooper ,pilot ,berke ,m4,m4 ,bates1 who lost their lives while responding to the events from the air2 7#d7 offers-- 7,a7 condolences to the families and friends of ,heather ,heyer1 ,lieutenant ,h4 ,jay ,cullen1 and ,trooper ,pilot ,berke ,m4,m4 ,bates2 and 7,b7 sympathy and support to those individuals who are recovering from injuries sustained during the attacks2 7#e7 expresses support for the ,charlottesville community as the community heals following this demonstration of violent bigotry2 7#f7 rejects ,white nationalism1 ,white supremacy1 and neo-,nazism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people of the ,united ,states2 and 7#g7 urges-- 7,a7 the ,president and his administration to-- 7i7 speak out against hate groups that espouse racism1 extremism1 xenophobia1 anti-,semitism1 and ,white supremacy2 and 7ii7 use all resources available to the ,president and the ,president's ,cabinet to address the growing prevalence of those hate groups in the ,united ,states2 and 7,b7 the ,attorney ,general to work with-- 7i7 the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security to investigate thoroughly all acts of violence1 intimidation1 and domestic terrorism by ,white supremacists1 ,white nationalists1 neo-,nazis1 the ,ku ,klux ,klan1 and associated groups in order to determine if any criminal laws have been violated and to prevent those groups from fomenting and facilitating additional violence2 and 7ii7 the heads of other ,federal agencies to improve the reporting of hate crimes and to emphasize the importance of the collection1 and the reporting to the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1 of hate crime data by ,state and local agencies4 ,september #g1 #bjag,read the second time and placed on the calendar