,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bfd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #i1 
#bjba,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1 ,ms4
 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,cramer1    
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 and ,mr4 ,tillis7   
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,resolution            
,recognizing the importance of          
protecting freedom of speech1 thought1  
and expression4  ,whereas freedom of    
speech is one of the most basic values  
of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the    
ability of all people of the ,united    
,states to speak1 protest1 and express  
their opinions publicly is central to   
the democratic process and to a free    
society2 ,whereas the principles of the 
freedom of speech and the freedom of    
expression are under attack by people   
with the desire and means to suppress   
opinions that those people regard as    
offensive or contrary to prevailing     
dogmas2 ,whereas efforts to stifle      

debate and silence dissenters are       
compounded by cancel culture1 a movement
 to impose severe social and economic   
sanctions on those who express unpopular
 opinions2 ,whereas the freedom of      
speech should not be dictated by the    
majority1 nor should it be restricted to
 the freedom to discuss uncontroversial 
topics2 ,whereas the freedom of speech  
includes the freedom to express views   
that are unpopular1 controversial1 and  
even offensive2 ,whereas these attacks  
on the freedom of speech have resulted  
in a chilling effect on free expression 
and created fear of social1 economic1   
and deadly retaliation2 ,whereas the    
stifling of free expression and the     
resulting fear has exacerbated social   
tensions and divided the people of the  
,united ,states2 ,whereas1 in ,january  
#bjah1 a student at ,liberty ,high      
,school in ,oregon was suspended for    
wearing a shirt that supported          
,president ,donald ,trump2 ,whereas1 in 
,january #bjah1 authorities from the    

,people's ,republic of ,china pressured 
,marriot ,international to fire an      
employee for using the company's social 
media account to like a ,twitter post   
from a ,tibetan separatist group2       
,whereas1 in ,july #bjah1 the ,people's 
,republic of ,china pressured airline   
companies from the ,united ,states to   
alter their websites to recognize the   
country's claim to the island of        
,taiwan2 ,whereas1 in ,october #bjai1   
,blizzard ,entertainment temporarily    
banned ,ng ,wai ,chung from their       
esports tournament for wearing a mask   
supporting protests in ,hong ,kong2     
,whereas1 in ,october #bjai1 ,blizzard  
,entertainment temporarily banned an    
,american ,university esports team from 
their competition for displaying a sign 
critical of the company and supporting  
protests in ,hong ,kong2 ,whereas1 in   
,october #bjai1 authorities in the      
,people's ,republic of ,china pressured 
,daryl ,morey1 the general manager of   
the ,houston ,rockets basketball team1  

to apologize for expressing support on  
,twitter for protests in ,hong ,kong2   
,whereas1 in ,september #bjbj1 the      
,university of ,southern ,california    
placed ,professor ,greg ,patton on leave
 after explaining a word in the         
,mandarin language that is pronounced   
similarly to an offensive word in       
,english during his lecture2 ,whereas1  
in ,december #bjbj1 opinion editor ,adam
 ,rubenstein resigned from the ,new     
,york ,times #f months after he faced   
backlash from the staff of the ,new     
,york ,times for editing an opinion     
piece by ,senator ,tom ,cotton of       
,arkansas2 and ,whereas1 in ,february   
#bjba1 ,lucasfilm fired actress ,gina   
,carano after she authored a social     
media post calling on people not to hate
 their neighbors for their political    
views3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the 
,senate recognizes that freedom of      
expression and freedom of speech are    
sacred ideals of the ,united ,states and
 should protect the freedom to          

peacefully express thoughts and opinions
 without fear4