,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjai,mr4 ,lewis 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,adams1 ,mr4 ,allred1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,mrs4
 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 
,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of             
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1
 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new  
,york1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4
 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4   
,dean1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mrs4         
,dingell1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 
,mr4 ,evans1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,garca of
 ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4        
,haaland1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4          
,horsford1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 
,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4         
,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,larsen of 
,washington1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1  
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,lynch1  
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1  
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4   
,omar1 ,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,ms4 ,pressley1  

,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,scott of          
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1
 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1 ,ms4   
,shalala1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1    
,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4
 ,tonko1 and ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida7  
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,resolution  ,observing
 ,dr4 ,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41 ,day4
  ,whereas ,reverend ,doctor ,martin    
,luther ,king1 ,jr41 was born ,january  
#ae1 #aibi2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king attended
 segregated public schools in ,georgia1 
and began attending ,morehouse ,college 
in ,atlanta1 ,georgia1 at the age of    
#ae2 ,whereas1 in ,february #aidh1 ,dr4 
,king was ordained in the ,christian    
ministry at the age of #ai at ,ebenezer 
,baptist ,church1 in ,atlanta1 ,georgia1
 and became assistant pastor of         
,ebenezer ,baptist ,church2 ,whereas    
,dr4 ,king earned a bachelor of arts    
degree in #aidh from ,morehouse         
,college1 a bachelor of divinity degree 

in #aiea from ,crozer ,theological      
,seminary in ,pennsylvania1 and a doctor
 of philosophy degree in theology in    
#aiee from ,boston ,university2         
,whereas1 in ,boston1 ,massachusetts1   
,dr4 ,king met ,coretta ,scott1 his life
 partner and fellow civil rights        
activist2 ,whereas1 on ,june #ah1 #aiec1
 ,dr4 ,king and ,coretta ,scott were    
married and later had two sons and two  
daughters2 ,whereas1 in #aied1 ,dr4     
,king accepted the call of ,dexter      
,avenue ,baptist ,church in ,montgomery1
 ,alabama1 and was pastor from          
,september #aied to ,november #aiei1    
when he resigned to move back to        
,atlanta to lead the ,southern          
,christian ,leadership ,conference2     
,whereas ,dr4 ,king led the ,montgomery1
 ,alabama1 bus boycott for #cha days to 
protest the arrest of ,rosa ,parks and  
the segregation of the bus system of    
,montgomery1 during which time ,dr4     
,king was arrested and the home of ,dr4 
,king was bombed2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king   

responded to arrests and violence with  
nonviolence and courage in the face of  
hatred2 ,whereas the ,montgomery bus    
boycott was the first great nonviolent  
civil rights demonstration of           
contemporary times in the ,united       
,states2 ,whereas1 on ,december #ac1    
#aief1 the ,supreme ,court declared laws
 requiring segregation on buses         
unconstitutional2 ,whereas1 between     
#aieg and #aifh1 ,dr4 ,king traveled    
more than #f1jjj1jjj miles1 spoke more  
than #b1ejj times1 and wrote #e books   
and numerous articles supporting efforts
 around the country to end injustice and
 bring about social change and          
desegregation2 ,whereas from #aifj until
 his death in #aifh1 ,dr4 ,king was     
co-pastor with his father at ,ebenezer  
,baptist ,church2 ,whereas1 on ,august  
#bh1 #aifc1 ,dr4 ,king led the ,march on
 ,washington1 ,,dc1 the largest rally of
 the civil rights movement1 during      
which1 from the steps of the ,lincoln   
,memorial and before a crowd of more    

than #bjj1jjj people1 ,dr4 ,king        
delivered his famous ,i ,have a ,dream  
speech1 one of the classic orations in  
,american history2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king  
was a champion of nonviolence1 fervently
 advocated nonviolent resistance as the 
strategy to end segregation and racial  
discrimination in ,america1 and in      
#aifd1 at age #ce1 became the youngest  
man to be awarded the ,nobel ,peace     
,prize in recognition for his efforts2  
,whereas through his work and reliance  
on nonviolent protest1 ,dr4 ,king was   
instrumental in the passage of the      
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd and the    
,voting ,rights ,act of #aife2 ,whereas 
the work of ,dr4 ,king created a basis  
of understanding and respect and helped 
communities1 and the ,united ,states as 
a whole1 to act cooperatively and       
courageously to restore tolerance1      
justice1 and equality between people2   
,whereas1 on the evening of ,april #d1  
#aifh1 ,dr4 ,king was assassinated while
 standing on the balcony of his motel   

room in ,memphis1 ,tennessee1 where he  
was to lead sanitation workers in       
protest against low wages and           
intolerable working conditions2 ,whereas
 ,dr4 ,king dedicated his life to       
securing the fundamental principles of  
the ,united ,states of liberty and      
justice for all ,united ,states         
citizens2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king was the   
leading civil rights advocate of his    
time1 spearheading the civil rights     
movement in the ,united ,states during  
the #aiejs and #aifjs and earning       
worldwide recognition as an eloquent and
 articulate spokesperson for equality2  
,whereas in the face of hatred and      
violence1 ,dr4 ,king preached a doctrine
 of nonviolence and civil disobedience  
to combat segregation1 discrimination1  
and racial injustice1 and believed that 
people have the moral capacity to care  
for other people2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king   
awakened the conscience and             
consciousness of the ,united ,states and
 used his message of hope to bring      

people together to build the ,beloved   
,community1 a community of justice1 at  
peace with itself2 ,whereas1 in #aifh1  
former ,representative ,john ,conyers   
introduced legislation to establish the 
birthday of ,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41
 as a ,federal holiday2 ,whereas        
,coretta ,scott ,king led the massive   
campaign to establish ,dr4 ,king's      
birthday as a ,federal holiday2         
,whereas1 in #aihc1 ,congress passed and
 ,president ,ronald ,reagan signed      
legislation creating the ,birthday of   
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41 holiday1   
which is now observed in more than #ajj 
countries2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king's wife   
and indispensable partner1 ,coretta     
,scott ,king1 was a woman of quiet      
courage and great dignity who marched   
alongside her husband and became an     
international advocate for peace and    
human rights2 ,whereas ,coretta ,scott  
,king1 who had been actively engaged in 
the civil rights movement as a          
politically and socially conscious young

 woman1 continued after her husband's   
death to lead the ,united ,states toward
 greater justice and equality1 traveling
 the world on behalf of racial and      
economic justice1 peace and nonviolence1
 women's and children's rights1 gay     
rights1 religious freedom1 full         
employment1 health care1 and education  
until her death on ,january #cj1 #bjjf2 
,whereas the values of faith1           
compassion1 courage1 truth1 justice1 and
 nonviolence that guided ,dr4 and ,mrs4 
,king's dream for ,america will be      
celebrated and preserved by the ,martin 
,luther ,king1 ,jr41 ,national ,memorial
 on the ,national ,mall and in the      
,smithsonian ,national ,museum of       
,african ,american ,history and         
,culture2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,king's actions 
and leadership made the ,united ,states 
a better place and the ,american people 
a better people2 ,whereas #de years     
after ,dr4 ,king delivered his historic 
,i ,have a ,dream speech1 millions of   
,united ,states citizens gathered on the

 ,national ,mall on ,january #bj1 #bjji1
 to witness the historic inauguration of
 the #ddth ,president of the ,united    
,states1 ,barack ,obama1 the first      
,african-,american ,president of the    
,united ,states2 ,whereas the historic  
inauguration of ,president ,barack      
,obama dramatized the change that ,dr4  
,king helped to usher in for the        
creation of a more perfect ,union2      
,whereas1 in #bjah1 the ,dr4 ,martin    
,luther ,king1 ,jr4 ,national ,historic 
,park became the first national historic
 park in the ,state of ,georgia2 and    
,whereas the work to realize ,dr4       
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr4's vision of 
the ,beloved ,community continues to    
this day3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7   
observes the #ijth birthday of ,martin  
,luther ,king1 ,jr42  7#b7 pledges to   
advance the legacy of ,dr4 ,martin      
,luther ,king1 ,jr42 and  7#c7          
encourages the people of the ,united    
,states to--  7,a7 observe the #ijth    

birthday of ,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr41
 and the life of ,dr4 ,king2  7,b7      
commemorate the legacy of ,dr4 ,king1 so
 that1 as ,dr4 ,king hoped1 one day this
 ,nation will rise up and live out the  
true meaning of its creed3 ,we hold     
these truths to be self-evident2 that   
all men are created equal2 and  7,c7    
remember the message of ,dr4 ,king and  
rededicate themselves to ,dr4 ,king's   
goal of a free and just ,united ,states4