A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors.

III 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 39 Expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Gov- ernment for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peace- ful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 4, 2020 Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOL- LEN, Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise free- dom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:22 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\SC39.IS SC39 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •SCON 39 IS of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal offi- cers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 1 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the con- 2 stitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, ex- 3 ercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for 4 redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and 5 looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the 6 purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns 7 the President of the United States for ordering Federal 8 officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Ameri- 9 cans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square 10 in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby 11 violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful 12 protestors. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:22 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SC39.IS SC39 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS