Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.
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Sep 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Sep 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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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This resolution expresses concern about the practice of book banning in the United States.
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Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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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Thanedar, Shri
Porter, Katie
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Allred, Colin
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Salinas, Andrea
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Swalwell, Eric
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Ruiz, Raul
Bush, Cori
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Castro, Joaquin
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DeSaulnier, Mark
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Fletcher, Lizzie
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Frankel, Lois
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Meng, Grace
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Peters, Scott H.
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Pingree, Chellie
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Veasey, Marc A.
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Case, Ed
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Casten, Sean
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Goldman, Daniel S.
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Hayes, Jahana
Kuster, Ann
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Lieu, Ted
Blumenauer, Earl
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Bowman, Jamaal
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Brown, Shontel M.
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Brownley, Julia
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Chu, Judy
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Cleaver, Emanuel
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Costa, Jim
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Crockett, Jasmine
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Davis, Danny K.
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Frost, Maxwell
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Huffman, Jared
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Ivey, Glenn
Jackson Lee, Sheila
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
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Landsman, Greg
Lee, Barbara
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Lee, Summer L.
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Leger Fernandez, Teresa
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Lynch, Stephen F.
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McGovern, James P.
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Mfume, Kweisi
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
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Omar, Ilhan
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Pocan, Mark
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Pressley, Ayanna
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 733: Expressing concern about the spreading problem of book banning and the proliferation of threats to freedom of expression in the United States.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-733/
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