,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #be1 #bjai   
,mr4 ,brooks of ,alabama 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,green of ,tennessee1
 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west     
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,calvert1  
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 and ,mr4 ,king of    
,iowa7 submitted the following          
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,financial ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,recognizing that it is   
the sense of the ,united ,states ,house 
of ,representatives that ,socialism     
poses a significant threat to the       
freedom1 liberty1 and economic          
prosperity4  ,whereas1 ,merriam-,webster
 ,dictionary defines ,socialism as any  
of various economic and political       

theories advocating collective or       
governmental ownership and              
administration of the means of          
production and distribution of goods2   
,whereas1 ,merriam-,webster ,dictionary 
also defines ,socialism as a system of  
society of group living in which there  
is no private property2 ,whereas1       
,merriam-,webster ,dictionary also      
defines ,socialism as a system or       
condition of society in which the means 
or production are owned and controlled  
by the state2 ,whereas1 ,socialism and  
the policies advocated for by           
self-described democratic socialists    
have an underlying historical connection
 to the ,marxist theory1 also known as  
,marxism2 ,whereas1 ,karl ,marx and     
,friedrich ,engels originally           
established ,marxist theory when they   
published ,the ,communist ,manifesto and
 ,das ,kapital2 ,whereas1 the theory    
developed by these books and that of    
,marxism are a direct attack against the
 capitalist model of economic production

 and opposed the notion of secured      
private property rights2 ,whereas1 ,karl
 ,marx wrote in ,the ,communist         
,manifesto that when in the course of   
development1 class distinctions have    
disappeared1 and all production has been
 concentrated in the hands of a vast    
association of the whole nation1 the    
public power will lode its political    
character4 ,political power1 properly so
 called1 is merely the organized power  
of one class for oppressing another2    
,whereas1 history has witnessed         
countless failed ,marxist inspired      
regimes4 ,time and time again1 without  
fail1 ,marxist and ,socialists inspired 
governments fail4 ,socialism is         
guaranteed to fail1 no matter whether it
 takes the form of democratic           
,socialism1 central planning socialism1 
or authoritarian ,socialism1 ,socialist 
policies and programs do not work2      
,whereas1 history has witnessed the rise
 and fall of enough ,marxist inspired   
socialist regimes to recognize that     

,marxism and ,socialism are failed      
ideologies2 ,whereas1 in the #bjth      
century the ideologies of ,marxism and  
,socialism spread throughout the world2 
,whereas1 throughout the reign of the   
former ,soviet ,union1 socialist        
policies and programs were responsible  
for the death of millions of his own    
citizens based on the devastation caused
 by the implementation of socialist     
policies and programs1 resulting in     
famine1 death1 and destruction2         
,whereas1 socialist policies and        
programs failed in the ,soviet ,union1  
leading to the fall of the ,berlin ,wall
 and complete collapse of the ,soviet   
,union4 ,on ,december #be1 #aiia1 the   
,soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered  
for the last time over the ,kremlin1    
thereafter replaced by the ,russian     
tricolor in the early #aiijs2 ,whereas1 
,mao ,zedong was the principal ,chinese 
,marxist theorist1 and the leader of the
 revolution that created the ,chinese   
,communist ,party4 ,mao ,zedong served  

as ,chairman of the ,chinese ,communist 
,party #aidc through #aigf2 ,whereas1   
socialist policies and programs continue
 to destroy countries in the #bast      
century2 ,whereas1 today1 in #bjai1 the 
country of ,venezuela is in massive     
turmoil1 with riots in the streets1     
massive protests1 disputed elections1   
and challenges to establish a working   
government that is supported by its     
citizens2 ,whereas1 ,venezuela is run by
 two rival political organizations1 the 
,united ,socialist ,party of ,venezuela 
and ,popular ,will1 a progressive       
social-democratic party2 ,whereas1 due  
to the perverse incentives and inherent 
flaws of ,marxist theory1 ,socialism    
inevitably leads to societal rot1       
resulting in devastation and            
destruction2 ,whereas1 existing         
socialist policies are destabilizing    
,venezuela's economy and national       
stability2 ,whereas1 ,venezuela is rich 
in natural resources4 ,venezuela has the
 largest proven barrels of oil reserves 

in the entire world1 reported to be #cjj
 million barrels1 by ,world ,atlas in   
,january of #bjai2 ,whereas1 because of 
the socialist policies and leaders in   
,venezuela1 their inflation rate had    
soared to #hj1jjj percent by the end of 
#bjah1 with nearly #ij percent of the   
citizens of ,venezuela living below the 
poverty line2 ,whereas1 because of the  
socialist policies and leaders in       
,venezuela1 the average ,venezuelan has 
lost #bd pounds in the last year due to 
malnutrition and lack of access to food1
 water1 and other basic nutrients2      
,whereas1 there is an alarming amount of
 support for socialism and democratic   
socialism spreading across the ,united  
,states of ,america2 ,whereas1 a #bjah  
,gallup ,poll showed #eg percent of     
,democrats have a favorable opinion of  
socialism1 while only #dg percent of    
,democrats polled have a positive view  
of capitalism2 ,whereas1 an increasing  
number of ,democrat politicians have    
labeled themselves as democratic        

socialists over recent years4 ,the line 
between democrat and socialist has been 
increasingly blurred42 ,whereas1        
,senator ,bernie ,sanders1 a top #bjaf  
,democrat presidential candidate1 has   
declared1 ,i am a democratic ,socialist 
and went on to advocate that it's time  
we had ,democratic ,socialism for       
working families2 ,whereas1 freshman    
,representative ,alexandria             
,ocasio-,cortez and ,rashida ,tlaib are 
registered members of the ,democratic   
,socialists of ,america and are         
self-described socialists2 ,whereas1 in 
,october of #bjah ,the ,white ,house's  
,council of ,economic ,advisers         
published a report entitled ,the        
,opportunity ,costs of ,socialism2      
,whereas1 this report highlighted the   
inherent failure of socialism4 ,the     
report stated that in assessing the     
effects of socialist policies1 it is    
important to recognize that they provide
 little material incentive for          
production and innovation and1 by       

distributing goods and services for     
free1 prevent prices from revealing     
economically important information about
 costs and consumer needs and wants2    
,whereas1 this report from the ,council 
of ,economic ,advisers is quoted as we  
find that historical proponents of      
socialist policies and those in the     
contemporary ,united ,states share some 
of their visions and intents4 ,they both
 characterize the distribution of income
 in market economies as the unjust      
result of exploitation1 which should be 
rectified by extensive state control2   
,whereas1 the report by the ,council of 
,economic ,advisers also found that     
there is a strong association between   
greater economic freedom and better     
economic performance2 ,whereas1         
,margaret ,thatcher 7#aigf71 once       
argued1 ,socialist governments '''      
always run out of other people's money1 
and thus the way to prosperity is for   
the state to give the people more choice
 to spend their own money in their own  

way42 ,whereas1 free-market capitalism  
is the greatest engine for human        
advancement in the history of the world1
 bringing more people out of poverty and
 into prosperity than any economic model
 in the history of mankind2 ,whereas1   
the ,united ,states of ,america is the  
single greatest ,nation in the history  
of the world1 due in large part because 
of its system of government that secures
 private property rights of all citizens
 through the genius of ,the ,united     
,states ,constitution2 and ,whereas1 on 
,february #e1 #bjai1 in the ,state of   
the ,union address1 ,president ,donald  
,j4 ,trump declared that we are alarmed 
by new calls to adopt socialism in our  
country and that ,america will never be 
a socialist country3 ,now1 therefore1 be
 it  ,that the ,house of                
,representatives-- 7#a7 acknowledges    
that ,marxism and ,socialism are failed 
ideologies2  7#b7 ,socialism poses a    
significant threat to the freedom1      
liberty1 and economic prosperity to all 

countries and citizens around the world2
  7#c7 ,socialism is a failed experiment
 of governance that inevitably ends in  
misery and suffering2  7#d7 throughout  
the history1 tradition1 and national    
civic spirit of the ,united ,states of  
,america1 our country has been a beacon 
of light shining like a lighthouse to   
the rest of the world demonstrating that
 freedom and liberty are the surest     
forms of government2 and  7#e7 stand    
with ,president ,trump and affirm that  
,america will never be a socialist      
nation4