PRINTER'S NO. 1399
No. 204 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, LEACH, FREEMAN, DeWEESE, BEBKO-JONES,
BELARDI, BOYD, BUXTON, COY, BAKER, D. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FICHTER, FORCIER, GEIST, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HORSEY, JAMES,
LEDERER, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILHINNEY, MUNDY, O'NEILL, PETRI,
PISTELLA, REICHLEY, BISHOP, BROWNE, CAPPELLI, DERMODY,
DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FEESE, FLEAGLE, GABIG, GERGELY,
GODSHALL, HARHAI, HUTCHINSON, LAUGHLIN, MACKERETH, MARKOSEK,
McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, NAILOR, PAYNE, PHILLIPS, READSHAW,
RIEGER, ROEBUCK, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SAYLOR,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STERN, STURLA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON, WATERS,
WATSON, WEBER, WOJNAROSKI, YUDICHAK, B. SMITH, CURRY, BARD,
HARPER, MANDERINO, TRUE AND HERSHEY, APRIL 16, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 16, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Governor to proclaim the seven days of April
2 27 through May 3, 2003, as "Days of Remembrance of the
3 Victims of the Holocaust."
4 WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945, six million Jews were murdered in
5 the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic pogrom of genocide,
6 and millions of other people perished as victims of Nazism; and
7 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should always
8 remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such
9 horrors are never repeated and should continually rededicate
10 themselves to the principle of equal justice for all people; and
11 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
12 eternally vigilant against all tyranny and recognize that
1 bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
2 WHEREAS, April 29, 2003, has been designated internationally
3 as a "Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust,"
4 known as Yom Hashoah; and
5 WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
6 Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration;
7 therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize
9 Governor Edward G. Rendell to proclaim the seven days of April
10 27 through May 3, 2003, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims
11 of the Holocaust" in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in
12 the hope that we will strive always to overcome prejudice and
13 inhumanity through education, vigilance and resistance.
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