SRES 241
117th Congress
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A resolution widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, and reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in informing local and international…
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This resolution recognizes the centrality of a free press to free societies and democratic governance and expresses concerns about threats to press freedom and freedom of expression globally.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 241: A resolution widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, and reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in informing local and international audiences about public health crises, countering misinformation and disinformation, and furthering discourse and debate to advance healthy democracies in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2021.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-241/
"S. Res. 241: A resolution widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, and reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in informing local and international audiences about public health crises, countering misinformation and disinformation, and furthering discourse and debate to advance healthy democracies in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2021.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-241/.
S. Res. 241, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-241/.
[S. Res. 241: A resolution widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, and reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in informing local and international audiences about public health crises, countering misinformation and disinformation, and furthering discourse and debate to advance healthy democracies in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2021.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-241/)