,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fgi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #e1       
#bjai,mr4 ,lipinski 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,smith of ,new ,jersey1 and ,mr4        
,duncan7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
designation of ,november #g as annual   
,victims of ,communism ,memorial ,day4  
,whereas the year #bjag marked #ajj     
years since the ,bolshevik ,revolution  
in ,russia resulting in the world's     
first ,communist regime under ,vladimir 
,lenin1 which led to decades of         
oppression and violence under ,communist
 regimes throughout the world2 ,whereas 
the people of the ,united ,states should
 always remember the crimes committed by
 ,communist regimes in the past century1
 and which are still being committed    
today2 ,whereas based on the philosophy 
of ,karl ,marx1 communism has proven    
incompatible with the ideals of liberty1

 prosperity1 and dignity of human life1 
and has given rise to such infamous     
totalitarian dictators as ,joseph       
,stalin1 ,mao ,zedong1 ,ho ,chi ,minh1  
,pol ,pot1 ,nicolae ,ceausescu1 the     
,castro brothers1 and the ,kim dynasty2 
,whereas ,communist regimes worldwide   
have killed more than #ajj million      
people and subjected countless others to
 the worst and widest spread human      
rights abuses known to history1 with    
victims representing many different     
ethnicities1 creeds1 and backgrounds2   
,whereas through false promises of      
equality and liberation1 ,communist     
regimes have as a matter of government  
policy robbed their own citizens of the 
rights of freedom of religion1 freedom  
of speech1 and freedom of association   
through coercion1 brutality1 and fear2  
,whereas the bipartisan ,congressional  
,caucus for the ,victims of ,communism  
stated publicly in #bjah that ,marx's   
defenders often say he cannot be held   
accountable for what ,communist regimes 

did long after his life and death2 but  
,marxist dictators who massacred their  
own people were applying ,communist     
ideology to political practice2 and     
,whereas ,president ,donald ,trump      
declared ,november #g1 #bjag1 as        
,national ,day for the ,victims of      
,communism1 condemning communism as a   
political philosophy incompatible with  
liberty1 prosperity1 and the dignity of 
human life2 and ,whereas ,president     
,donald ,trump issued a statement on    
,november #g1 #bjah1 honoring the memory
 of the more than #ajj million people   
who have been killed and persecuted by  
communist totalitarian regimes and      
reaffirming steadfast support for those 
who strive for peace1 prosperity1 and   
freedom around the world2 and ,whereas  
the ,states of ,alabama1 ,illinois1     
,missouri1 ,pennsylvania1 ,south        
,carolina1 ,texas1 ,utah1 and ,virginia 
have either established or introduced   
bills designating ,november #g as       
,victims of ,communism ,memorial ,day on

 an annual basis in their respective    
,states2 and ,whereas the ,victims of   
,communism ,memorial ,foundation in     
,washington1 ,,dc1 is a nonprofit       
organization1 authorized by a unanimous 
,act of ,congress that educates people  
about the ideology1 history1 and legacy 
of communism and honors the people who  
have suffered and died under ,communist 
regimes3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that  
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7   
supports the designation of ,victims of 
,communism ,memorial ,day to recognize  
the #ajj million victims of ,communist  
regimes2 and  7#b7 requests the         
,president of the ,united ,states to    
issue a yearly proclamation declaring   
the ,national ,day for the ,victims of  
,communism1 commemorating the victims of
 communism1 and condemning the crimes of
 ,communist regimes1 past and present4