,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #ah1       
#bjai,mr4 ,palmer 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,mooney of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,hice  
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4         
,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1   
,mr4 ,fulcher1 ,mr4 ,gaetz1 ,mr4        
,wright1 ,mr4 ,grothman1 ,mr4           
,bilirakis1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,hill 
of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,abraham1 ,mr4       
,byrne1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4         
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,roy1 ,mr4   
,cloud1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,weber of     
,texas1 ,mr4 ,gianforte1 ,mr4 ,brooks of
 ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,fortenberry1 ,mr4      
,marshall1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4       
,spano1 ,mr4 ,kelly of ,mississippi1    
,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana1 ,mr4       
,ratcliffe1 ,mr4 ,walker1 ,mr4 ,biggs1  
,mrs4 ,miller1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4     
,smith of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,mullin1   
,mrs4 ,rodgers of ,washington1 ,mr4     
,moolenaar1 ,mr4 ,westerman1 and ,ms4   
,foxx of ,north ,carolina7 submitted the

 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,condemning the 
global persecution of ,christians4      
,whereas ,christian persecution remains 
a global problem2 ,whereas1 according to
 the ,pew ,research ,center1 ,christians
 remain the most persecuted religious   
group in the world2 ,whereas persecution
 includes acts such as physical         
violence1 forced exile1 imprisonment1   
torture1 rape1 and death2 ,whereas1     
according to ,open ,doors ,,usa's #bjai 
,world ,watch ,list1 the #ej most       
dangerous countries for ,christians were
 responsible for #d1acf ,christians     
killed for faith-related reasons1 #a1bff
 church or ,christian building attacks1 
and the detention without trial1 arrest1
 sentencing1 and imprisonment of #b1fbe 
,christians2 ,whereas1 in #bjaj1 ,asia  
,bibi1 a ,christian mother and field    
laborer1 was charged with blasphemy and 
sentenced to death by hanging in        
,pakistan2 ,whereas1 after nine years of

 imprisonment1 ,pakistan's ,supreme     
,court acquitted ,asia ,bibi based on   
insufficient evidence and she was       
finally allowed to leave the country in 
,may #bjai2 ,whereas1 since #bjad1      
discrimination and violence toward      
,christians1 ,muslims1 and other        
religious minorities in ,india have     
significantly increased using           
anticonversion laws1 anti-cow-slaughter 
laws1 forced conversions1 and injustice 
within law enforcement2 ,whereas1 in    
,nigeria on ,february #ae1 #bjad1 ,boko 
,haram militants attacked a farming     
village in ,borno ,state1 killing #ajf  
people while targeting male residents of
 the ,christian community2 ,whereas1 in 
,august #bjad1 ,,isis swept into the    
,nineveh ,plain in ,iraq1 forcing       
thousands of ,christian families to flee
 their homes2 ,whereas1 in #bjaf1       
,secretary of ,state ,john ,kerry stated
 that a genocide was being committed    
against ,christians and ,yazidis in     
,northern ,iraq and ,syria2 ,whereas1 in

 #bjaf1 ,united ,states ,pastor ,andrew 
,brunson was wrongfully imprisoned by   
the ,government of ,turkey for two years
 until his release in #bjah2 ,whereas1  
on ,april #i1 #bjag1 ,palm ,sunday1 two 
,egyptian ,coptic ,christian churches   
were bombed1 killing #de and injuring   
#abf churchgoers2 ,whereas1 in ,nigeria 
on ,june #bc1 #bjah1 ,fulani militants  
in ,plateau ,state killed #abj          
,christians as they returned from a     
funeral2 ,whereas1 in ,december #bjah1  
police officers in ,chengdu1 ,china1    
arrested ,protestant ,pastor ,wang ,yi  
and more than #ajj ,early ,rain         
,covenant ,church members2 ,whereas     
,chinese authorities searched and sealed
 each of the ,early ,rain ,covenant     
,church's properties and forced members 
to sign a pledge that they would not    
attend the church or church school      
again2 ,whereas ,china banned the online
 sale of the ,bible2 ,whereas ,chinese  
authorities are forcing ,christians to  
replace pictures of ,jesus with pictures

 of ,chinese government officials2      
,whereas an estimated #fj million       
,christians reside in ,china and most   
worship in underground churches to avoid
 government control2 ,whereas1 on ,april
 #ba1 #bjai1 ,easter ,sunday1 more than 
#ahj people were killed while           
worshipping at ,christian churches in   
three separate locations in ,sri ,lanka2
 ,whereas the ,islamic ,state claimed   
responsibility for the ,easter attacks1 
stating it was carried out by seven     
,,isis fighters and targeted ,christians
 and citizens of ,crusader coalition    
states2 and ,whereas1 in ,may #bjai1    
,british ,foreign ,secretary ,jeremy    
,hunt issued an interim report finding  
that the overwhelming majority          
7estimated at #hj percent7 of persecuted
 religious believers are ,christians43  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns    
persecution of members of any faith2    
7#b7 calls for every government to      
recognize the right of ,christians to   

practice their faith without fear of    
persecution1 including physical         
violence1 death1 or imprisonment2 and   
7#c7 calls on the ,department of ,state 
to prioritize freedom of conscience and 
religious freedom in ,united ,states    
foreign policy consideration4