H. CON. RES. 37
June 12, 2025
Ms. Crockett (for herself, Ms. Simon, Ms. Balint, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carson, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velázquez, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.
- (1) affirms, more than 400 years after the arrival of the first slave ship to the United States, that the Nation owes a long-overdue debt of remembrance to not only those who lived through the egregious injustices enumerated in this resolution, but also to their descendants; and
- (2) urges the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress toward—
- (A) jettisoning the belief in a hierarchy of human value;
- (B) embracing our common humanity; and
- (C) permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities.