HRES 253
116th Congress
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Recognizing that it is the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Socialism poses a significant threat to the freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity.
Introduced: March 25, 2019
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Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This resolution declares that socialism (1) along with Marxism, is a failed ideology; (2) poses a significant threat to the freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity to all countries and citizens around the world; and (3) is a failed experiment of governance that inevitably ends in suffering.
The resolution affirms that America will never be a socialist nation.
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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