HR114 - Commemorating January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

      H.R. No. 114       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is   observed on January 27, provides an important opportunity to pay   tribute to those who perished in the Holocaust and to those who   survived the atrocities committed by the German Nazi regime; and          WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the systematic state-sponsored   persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by Nazi   Germany and its collaborators during World War II, and millions of   others, including Roma, Poles, disabled individuals, LGBTQ   individuals, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents,   were also targeted; and          WHEREAS, January 27, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the   liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi concentration and   death camp in 1945; the United Nations General Assembly declared   January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2005 and   has chosen "Holocaust Remembrance and Education for Dignity and   Human Rights" as the theme for the 2025 observance; and          WHEREAS, Antisemitism and violence against Jewish people   remain serious threats in our society; in 2023, the Anti-Defamation   League tabulated nearly 9,000 antisemitic incidents across the   United States; the ADL recently published a report finding that   according to a global survey almost half of the world's adult   population, an estimated 2.2 billion people, harbor deeply   entrenched antisemitic attitudes; the survey also found that 20   percent of respondents worldwide have not heard about the   Holocaust; and          WHEREAS, Through a deeper understanding of one of the darkest   chapters in history, we can be better prepared to stand ever   vigilant against the forces of prejudice and hatred, and the   observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day serves to   unite us in reaffirming our steadfast commitment to upholding our   common humanity; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas   Legislature hereby commemorate January 27, 2025, as International   Holocaust Remembrance Day.     Rosenthal     Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw   Alders Guillen Morgan   Allen Harless Muñoz   Anchía Harris Noble   Ashby Harris Davila Olcott   Barry Harrison Oliverson   Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz   Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr   Bernal Hernandez Patterson   Bhojani Hickland Paul   Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso   Bowers Holt Perez of Harris   Bryant Hopper Phelan   Buckley Howard Pierson   Bucy Hull Plesa   Bumgarner Hunter Raymond   Button Isaac Reynolds   Cain Johnson Richardson   Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos   Canales Jones of Harris Romero   Capriglione Kerwin Rose   Cole King Rosenthal   Collier Kitzman Schatzline   Cook LaHood Schofield   Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft   Craddick Lambert Shaheen   Cunningham Landgraf Shofner   Curry Leach Simmons   Darby Leo Wilson Slawson   A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee   Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller   Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson   DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico   Dorazio Louderback Tepper   Dutton Lowe Thompson   Dyson Lozano Tinderholt   Fairly Lujan Toth   Flores Luther Troxclair   Frank Manuel Turner   Gámez Martinez VanDeaver   Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut   Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos   Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell   Gates Metcalf Vo   Gerdes Meyer Walle   Geren Meza Ward Johnson   Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton   González of Dallas Moody Wilson   González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu   Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 114 was adopted by the House on January   27, 2025, by a non-record vote.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House