,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #b1 #bjai,mr4
 ,espaillat submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,opposing fake news and   
alternative facts4  ,whereas the ,first 
,amendment to the ,constitution states  
that ,congress shall make no law        
respecting an establishment of religion1
 or prohibiting the free exercise       
thereof2 or abridging the freedom of    
speech1 or of the press2 or the right of
 the people peaceably to assemble1 and  
to petition the ,government for a       
redress of grievances2 ,whereas the free
 press clause of the ,first ,amendment  
unequivocally protects both individuals'
 and organizations' right to express an 
opinion and share information1 and      
applies to a wide variety of media2     
,whereas the ,united ,states has        
historically and proudly enjoyed and    
championed freedom of the press2        

,whereas the ,united ,states is a       
democracy1 not an autocracy2 ,whereas   
the most common fake news the ,american 
people are receiving has come from the  
,president himself1 his official        
spokespersons1 and his allies in the    
media2 ,whereas ,president ,donald      
,trump and his supporters are           
comfortable misrepresenting facts1      
events1 and policies related to almost  
every issue in our country2 ,whereas    
,president ,trump consistently misleads 
the public on matters of immigration in 
order to evoke the idea that immigrants 
are evil and should be our enemies2     
,whereas1 in ,january #bjai1 on a trip  
to ,mc,allen1 ,texas1 ,president ,trump 
said1 there has never 7been7 so many    
apprehensions ever in our history1 in   
contradiction of statistics proving this
 claim to be false2 ,whereas ,president 
,trump falsely claimed the border city  
of ,el ,paso1 ,texas1 used to have      
extremely high rates of violent crime   
until they built a fence1 and then it   

became one of the safest cities in the  
country2 ,whereas ,president ,trump has 
falsified statistics regarding the drug 
trafficking channels to influence public
 support for his wall2 ,whereas         
,president ,trump and his allies have   
baselessly implied that ,democrats are  
responsible for organizing caravans of  
women and children migrants in ,central 
,america2 ,whereas1 throughout the #bjaf
 ,presidential campaign and thereafter1 
,president ,trump said that ,mexico will
 pay for the wall1 yet1 on ,march #bf1  
#bjai1 following a constitutionally     
dubious ,national ,emergencies ,act     
declaration1 the ,administration        
attempted to reprogram taxpayers' money 
appropriated by their ,representatives  
in ,congress for projects in the        
,department of ,defense to instead pay  
for a wall along the ,southern border2  
,whereas ,president ,trump has distorted
 information in the realm of foreign    
affairs and international trade as a    
means to demean our allies1 gain        

leverage in negotiations1 and disparage 
foreign policy decisions of past        
administrations2 ,whereas ,president    
,trump has continuously manipulated the 
,american people into believing that    
asylum seekers will not follow the      
guidelines set by the ,universal        
,declaration of ,human ,rights1 as well 
as the ,united ,nations ,protocol       
,relating to the ,status of ,refugees2  
,whereas1 throughout his tenure1        
,president ,trump has claimed without   
evidence that the ,united ,states is    
more respected internationally due to   
his leadership1 but numerous polls      
indicate that our reputation abroad has 
suffered dramatically since the         
,president was elected2 ,whereas1 on    
numerous occasions1 ,president ,trump   
has cited inaccurate numbers related to 
trade deficits1 trade relations1 and the
 complexion of trade agreements2        
,whereas ,vice ,president ,mike ,pence  
claimed that1 along the southern border 
of the ,u4,s41 the ,government          

apprehends seven individuals a day who  
are either known or suspected           
terrorists1 a statement which has been  
completely denied by the intelligence   
community and border security agencies2 
,whereas ,president ,trump has          
demonstrated an inability to tell the   
truth about his personal misconduct and 
finances2 ,whereas1 in #bjai1 when asked
 by a member of the press1 ,president   
,trump denied that he knew about the    
hush money payments to ,stormy ,daniels1
 but evidence later showed that he was  
contemporaneously aware2 ,whereas1 on   
,november #be1 #bjah1 ,president ,trump 
and members of his administration       
expressly denied that there was an      
administration policy of separating     
refugee families at the ,southern       
border1 even though discussions around  
applying the policy had been ongoing for
 months in the ,white ,house2 ,whereas  
in the wake of ,hurricane ,maria1 which 
struck ,puerto ,rico with tremendous    
force1 ,president ,trump misprized the  

number of casualties caused by the storm
 and when the true scope of the loss was
 no longer disputable1 he blamed other  
factors unrelated to the ,government's  
response2 ,whereas in relation to       
countless topics and individuals--from  
,david ,duke to attempting to purchase  
the ,buffalo ,bills--the ,president is  
on record having shown awareness for a  
subject he later patently denies being  
familiar with2 ,whereas1 in ,march      
#bjai1 ,president ,trump claimed1 ,just 
this week1 more than #ajj ,democrats in 
,congress signed up for a socialist     
takeover of ,american health care4      
,their radical ,government-run plan1 if 
you call it that1 would lead to colossal
 tax increases--increases like you've   
never seen before--and take away private
 coverage from over #ahj million        
,americans42 ,whereas1 in ,february     
#bjai1 ,president ,trump said1          
,democrats are calling for massive tax  
hikes and the complete elimination of   
private health care4 ,many of us have   

private health care4 ,that means you can
 stand in line for five days as you wait
 for a doctor that is not nearly as     
talented as your doctor42 ,whereas1     
since announcing his candidacy1 ,donald 
,trump has promised to protect coverage 
for preexisting conditions1 but every   
legislative1 political1 and judicial    
position taken by his party has moved to
 weaken coverage for patients with      
preexisting conditions2 ,whereas1 in    
#bjah1 ,president ,trump deceptively    
stated that nobody in his campaign ever 
talked to any ,russians during the      
campaign2 ,whereas1 in ,july of #bjaf1  
,president ,trump claimed to have       
nothing to do with ,russia4 ,i don't    
have any jobs in ,russia4 ,i'm all over 
the world but we're not involved in     
,russia41 which turned out to be false1 
as he was pursuing a ,trump ,tower in   
,moscow project at the time2 and        
,whereas ,president ,trump falsely      
claimed that ,president ,obama had      
illegally wiretapped ,trump ,tower when 

there was no evidence of such conduct3  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the 
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that-- 7#a7 it is the duty of ,congress 
to uphold the ,constitution and all of  
the fundamental rights1 including the   
freedom of the press2  7#b7 ,president  
,trump must immediately acknowledge his 
support of the ,first ,amendment and    
express his support for ,united ,states 
democracy2  7#c7 the ,united ,states    
should continue being a democracy1 not  
an autocracy2  7#d7 ,white ,house       
spokespersons should not issue fake     
news2 and  7#e7 ,white ,house           
spokespersons who offer alternative or  
inaccurate facts should retract their   
statements immediately4