,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #hi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1    
#bjba ,mr4 ,romney 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,murphy7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,honoring the humanitarian
 work of ,dr4 ,aristides de ,sousa      
,mendes do ,amaral e ,abranches to save 
the lives of ,french ,jews and other    
persons during the ,holocaust4  ,whereas
 ,nazi ,germany invaded ,france on ,may 
#aj1 #aidj1 and after brief but intense 
hostilities1 secured the surrender of   
,france on ,june #bb1 #aidj2 ,whereas1  
as a consequence of the ,nazi conquest1 
the lives of ,french ,jews and ,jewish  
and non-,jewish persons of other        
nationalities seeking refuge in ,france 
were put in grave and imminent danger2  
,whereas many thousands of those persons
 fled to ,bordeaux1 ,france1 and        
elsewhere in southwest ,france1 seeking 
to traverse ,spain and escape to        

,portugal2 ,whereas1 in #aici1 the      
,government of ,portugal under ,antonio 
de ,oliveira ,salazar issued ,circular  
#ad1 which sharply restricted the       
availability of visas to displaced      
persons2 ,whereas the ,consul ,general  
of ,portugal in ,bordeaux was ,dr4      
,aristides de ,sousa ,mendes do ,amaral 
e ,abranches2 ,whereas1 in ,june #aidj1 
confronting a humanitarian crisis and in
 defiance of ,circular #ad1 ,sousa      
,mendes1 assisted principally by his    
diplomatic colleagues ,jose de ,seabra1 
,manuel de ,vieira ,braga1 and ,emile   
,gissot1 issued without charge tens of  
thousands of visas1 including thousands 
to fleeing ,jews2 ,whereas ,sousa       
,mendes reportedly stated1 ,i declare   
that ,i shall give1 free of charge1 a   
visa to whosoever shall request it4 ,my 
desire is to be with ,god against ,man  
rather than with ,man and against ,god42
 ,whereas those visas1 as well as ,sousa
 ,mendes' personal intervention at the  
border between ,france and ,spain1      

enabled the refugees to reach safety in 
,portugal2 ,whereas1 in ,july #aidj1 the
 ,government of ,portugal under         
,oliveira ,salazar responded by         
recalling ,sousa ,mendes1 dismissing    
,sousa ,mendes later from active        
diplomatic service1 and subjecting him  
to economic retribution and subsequent  
ostracism2 ,whereas1 in #aida1 ,sousa   
,mendes explained1 ,in truth1 ,i        
disobeyed1 but my disobedience does not 
dishonor me4 ,i chose to defy an order  
that to me represented the persecution  
of true castaways who sought with all   
their strength to be saved from         
,hitler's wrath4 ,above the order1 for  
me1 was ,god's law1 and that's the one  
,i have always sought to adhere to      
without hesitation4 ,the true lesson of 
,christianity is to love one's          
neighbor42 ,whereas1 in #aied1 ,sousa   
,mendes died penniless in ,lisbon1      
,portugal1 under the cloud of the       
discipline imposed for his defiance2    
,whereas1 in #aiff1 ,yad ,vashem        

recognized ,sousa ,mendes as a          
,righteous ,among the ,nations for his  
selfless efforts to save ,jewish lives  
at personal risk to himself1 making     
,sousa ,mendes the first of a number of 
diplomatic rescuers to be so honored2   
,whereas1 in #aihh1 the ,united ,states 
,senate passed ,senate ,resolution #bgj1
 #ajjth ,congress1 agreed to ,june #bc1 
#aihh1 to commemorate ,sousa ,mendes'   
humanitarian efforts2 ,whereas1 in      
#aihf1 ,president of ,portugal ,mario   
,soares posthumously rehabilitated      
,sousa ,mendes1 decorating ,sousa       
,mendes as an ,officer of the ,order of 
,liberty2 ,whereas1 in #aihh1 the       
,parliament of ,portugal posthumously   
granted ,sousa ,mendes the status of    
,ambassador2 ,whereas1 in #aiie1        
,president of ,portugal ,mario ,soares  
posthumously bestowed on ,sousa ,mendes 
the ,grand ,cross of the ,order of      
,christ2 ,whereas1 in #bjag1 ,president 
of ,portugal ,marcelo ,rebelo de ,sousa 
posthumously bestowed on ,sousa ,mendes 

,portugal's highest honor1 the ,grand   
,cross of the ,order of ,liberty2       
,whereas1 in #bjbj1 the ,parliament of  
,portugal unanimously voted to          
memorialize ,sousa ,mendes in the       
,national ,pantheon in ,lisbon2 and     
,whereas1 in #bjbj1 on the #hjth        
anniversary of his heroism1 the ,united 
,states ,commission for the             
,preservation of ,america's ,heritage   
,abroad initiated commemorations in     
honor of ,sousa ,mendes in ,bordeaux1   
,france1 and ,portugal3 ,now1 therefore1
 be it ,that the ,senate--  7#a7 honors 
and salutes the humanitarian and        
principled work of ,dr4 ,aristides de   
,sousa ,mendes do ,amaral e ,abranches1 
,consul of ,portugal in ,bordeaux1      
,france1 for acting with great courage  
and at personal risk to issue transit   
visas to ,french ,jews and other        
persons1 sparing them from ,nazi        
occupation and the ,holocaust1 thus     
saving many thousands of innocent lives2
  7#b7 directs the ,secretary of the    

,senate to transmit copies of this      
resolution to the ,president2 and  7#c7 
requests that the ,president transmit a 
copy of this resolution to the          
,president of ,portugal and the         
,president of the ,assembly of the      
,republic of ,portugal4