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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 351 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing support for the recognition of April as ‘‘National Arab American |
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| 6 | 6 | | Heritage Month’’ (NAAHM) and celebrating the heritage and culture |
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| 7 | 7 | | of Arab Americans in the United States. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL24, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | LAIB(for herself, Mr. CARSON, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. S |
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| 13 | 13 | | CHAKOWSKY, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. SIMON, Mr. FROST, Mrs. MCIVER, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ms. B |
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| 15 | 15 | | ROWNLEY, Mr. THANEDAR, and Mrs. DINGELL) submitted the fol- |
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| 16 | 16 | | lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Government Reform |
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| 18 | 18 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 19 | 19 | | Expressing support for the recognition of April as ‘‘National |
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| 20 | 20 | | Arab American Heritage Month’’ (NAAHM) and cele- |
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| 21 | 21 | | brating the heritage and culture of Arab Americans in |
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| 22 | 22 | | the United States. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas today the Arab American Institute estimates that |
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| 24 | 24 | | roughly 3,700,000 Arab Americans are living in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | United States from a variety of faith backgrounds, in- |
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| 26 | 26 | | cluding both Christians and Muslims originating from |
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| 27 | 27 | | any of the 22 Arabic-speaking countries; |
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| 28 | 28 | | Whereas persons of Arab descent have throughout their his- |
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| 29 | 29 | | tory in the United States generously shared their culture, |
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| 30 | 30 | | music, and food with their fellow Americans and contrib- |
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| 34 | 34 | | uted disproportionately to their numbers to the economy |
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| 35 | 35 | | and society of the United States, having brought with |
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| 36 | 36 | | them to the United States their resilient family values, |
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| 37 | 37 | | strong work ethic, dedication to education, and diversity |
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| 38 | 38 | | that have added strength to United States democracy; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas Arab American entrepreneurs from the first door-to- |
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| 40 | 40 | | door peddlers, to owners of restaurants, bakeries, and |
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| 41 | 41 | | stores, to large manufacturers of men’s and women’s |
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| 42 | 42 | | clothes (Farah and Haggar, for example) have been hard- |
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| 43 | 43 | | working, self-sufficient contributors to the United States |
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| 44 | 44 | | economy; |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas the first recorded Arab in America was the Moroc- |
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| 46 | 46 | | can Mostafa (Estanaico) Zemmouri in 1527, and Arab |
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| 47 | 47 | | Americans, including the early Syrians and Lebanese, |
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| 48 | 48 | | began arriving in significant numbers to the shores of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | United States in the 1870s, including Antonio |
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| 50 | 50 | | Bishallany, who arrived in Boston in 1854, and another |
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| 51 | 51 | | early wave arrival, Dr. Joseph Arbeeley, who became |
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| 52 | 52 | | American citizens, and waves of other Arab Americans |
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| 53 | 53 | | that followed; |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas Arab Americans have served the United States as |
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| 55 | 55 | | first responders, in the public sector, and as public serv- |
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| 56 | 56 | | ants from both political parties, past and present, in the |
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| 57 | 57 | | United States Government, the Congress, the Senate, as |
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| 58 | 58 | | exemplified by James Abourezk, the first Arab American |
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| 59 | 59 | | Senator who was raised by Lebanese immigrant parents |
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| 60 | 60 | | in South Dakota, and as ambassadors, cabinet members, |
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| 61 | 61 | | as well as all other Arab Americans in uniform today; |
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| 62 | 62 | | Whereas Arab Americans have and continue to play a critical |
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| 63 | 63 | | role in America’s social justice and human rights move- |
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| 64 | 64 | | ments, such as the civil rights, labor organizing, health |
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| 65 | 65 | | and racial equity, and environmental justice movements; |
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| 69 | 69 | | Whereas recently Arab Americans’ activism continues to play |
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| 70 | 70 | | a key role in present day struggles for social justice and |
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| 71 | 71 | | human rights such as the movement for Black lives, the |
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| 72 | 72 | | ceasefire movement to end the genocide of Palestinians, |
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| 73 | 73 | | and many more; |
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| 74 | 74 | | Whereas Arab Americans have excelled in science, engineer- |
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| 75 | 75 | | ing, medicine, education, scholarship, and architecture, |
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| 76 | 76 | | including— |
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| 77 | 77 | | (1) organic chemist Elias James Corey (Nobel Prize |
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| 78 | 78 | | 1990); |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) Ahmed Zewail, a chemist investigating transition |
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| 80 | 80 | | reactions (Nobel Prize 1999); |
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| 81 | 81 | | (3) Mostafa El-Sayed, a chemical physicist and lead- |
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| 82 | 82 | | ing nanoscience researcher, a member of the National |
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| 83 | 83 | | Academy of Sciences and a United States National Medal |
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| 84 | 84 | | of Science laureate who sat on the President’s National |
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| 85 | 85 | | Medal of Science Committee in 2014; |
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| 86 | 86 | | (4) Dr. Farouk El-Baz, a pioneer in space photog- |
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| 87 | 87 | | raphy; |
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| 88 | 88 | | (5) Dr. Michael DeBakey, a cardiovascular surgeon |
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| 89 | 89 | | and inventor of ventricular assist devices and aorta repair |
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| 90 | 90 | | procedures; |
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| 91 | 91 | | (6) Amale Andraos, a renowned architect and former |
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| 92 | 92 | | Dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, |
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| 93 | 93 | | Planning, and Preservation; and |
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| 94 | 94 | | (7) Dr. Edward Said, literary theorist and critic, |
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| 95 | 95 | | former literature professor at Columbia University, and |
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| 96 | 96 | | one of the founders of post-colonial studies; |
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| 97 | 97 | | Whereas, in 1959, Mohamed Atalla, an Egyptian-American |
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| 98 | 98 | | engineer who was an important pioneer and contributor |
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| 99 | 99 | | to the early field of modern electronics, invented the |
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| 100 | 100 | | metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, which is |
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| 104 | 104 | | the most-frequently manufactured device in history and |
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| 105 | 105 | | hailed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
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| 106 | 106 | | as one of the most important inventions in electronics; |
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| 107 | 107 | | Whereas Arab Americans have excelled in sports, like quar- |
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| 108 | 108 | | terback and Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, and in |
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| 109 | 109 | | entertainment, including actors, singers, comedians, and |
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| 110 | 110 | | musicians such as actor, singer, and founder of St. |
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| 111 | 111 | | Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Danny Thomas, Emmy-win- |
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| 112 | 112 | | ner Tony Shalhoub, comedian, and commentator Dean |
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| 113 | 113 | | Obeidallah, gifted musician Dr. Ali Jihad Racy, award- |
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| 114 | 114 | | winning violinist Simon Shaheen, and so many others; |
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| 115 | 115 | | Whereas, according to Census Bureau data, Arabic is one of |
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| 116 | 116 | | the fastest-growing languages in the United States, and |
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| 117 | 117 | | Arab American journalists, newspaper editors, and writ- |
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| 118 | 118 | | ers have informed their communities and others in Arabic |
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| 119 | 119 | | and English, adding to the body of American literature |
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| 120 | 120 | | and reporting, including— |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) Nabeeb and Ibrahim Arbeely, editors of the first |
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| 122 | 122 | | Arab American newspaper, Kawkab Amirka; |
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| 123 | 123 | | (2) Ameen Rihani, the distinguished writer of the |
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| 124 | 124 | | first Arab American novel, ‘‘The Book of Khalid’’; |
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| 125 | 125 | | (3) Khalil Gibran, the renowned poet, writer, artist, |
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| 126 | 126 | | founder of the Pen Bond writers, and author of ‘‘The |
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| 127 | 127 | | Prophet’’ among other numerous writings; |
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| 128 | 128 | | (4) Anthony Shadid, the late New York Times re- |
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| 129 | 129 | | porter; |
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| 130 | 130 | | (5) Helen Thomas, White House Press Corps Cor- |
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| 131 | 131 | | respondent (recognized by the World Almanac as one of |
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| 132 | 132 | | the 25 most influential women in America); |
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| 133 | 133 | | (6) Naomi Shihab Nye, poet and writer; and |
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| 134 | 134 | | (7) Diana Abu-Jaber, the acclaimed novelist, and |
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| 135 | 135 | | hundreds more; |
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| 139 | 139 | | Whereas Arab American women have provided excellent role |
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| 140 | 140 | | models such as Emmy-winning actor Marlo Thomas, |
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| 141 | 141 | | actor Kathy Najimy, Secretary of Health and Human |
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| 142 | 142 | | Services Donna Shalala, artist and poet Etel Adnan, Na- |
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| 143 | 143 | | tional Public Radio host Diane Reim, and the doctor who |
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| 144 | 144 | | raised awareness that children were being poisoned by |
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| 145 | 145 | | lead in Flint, Michigan, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, plus |
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| 146 | 146 | | all the women previously mentioned and thousands of |
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| 147 | 147 | | other accomplished women not herein listed; |
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| 148 | 148 | | Whereas ‘‘National Arab American Heritage Month’’ |
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| 149 | 149 | | (NAAHM) is necessary to address the misconceptions, |
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| 150 | 150 | | misinformation, anti-Arab racism, and discrimination |
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| 151 | 151 | | against Arab Americans by celebrating their accomplish- |
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| 152 | 152 | | ments and providing factual information about Arab |
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| 153 | 153 | | American culture and persons and the need for public |
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| 154 | 154 | | education, awareness, and policies that are culturally |
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| 155 | 155 | | competent when describing, discussing, and addressing |
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| 156 | 156 | | the impacts of being Arab American in all aspects of |
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| 157 | 157 | | American society; |
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| 158 | 158 | | Whereas, in 2017, Arab America established NAAHM, in |
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| 159 | 159 | | 2021, the White House first recognized the celebration of |
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| 160 | 160 | | NAAHM in an April 19 letter to the Arab America |
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| 161 | 161 | | Foundation, and in 2023, the White House issued an of- |
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| 162 | 162 | | ficial proclamation declaring April as Arab American |
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| 163 | 163 | | Heritage Month, a breakthrough for the Arab American |
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| 164 | 164 | | community; |
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| 165 | 165 | | Whereas, in recent years, at least 48 States and territories |
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| 166 | 166 | | have taken steps to recognize April as Arab American |
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| 167 | 167 | | Heritage Month, including the governments of— |
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| 168 | 168 | | (1) Alabama; |
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| 169 | 169 | | (2) Alaska; |
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| 170 | 170 | | (3) Arizona; |
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| 174 | 174 | | (4) Arkansas; |
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| 175 | 175 | | (5) California; |
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| 176 | 176 | | (6) Colorado; |
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| 177 | 177 | | (7) Connecticut; |
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| 178 | 178 | | (8) Delaware; |
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| 179 | 179 | | (9) the District of Columbia; |
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| 180 | 180 | | (10) Georgia; |
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| 181 | 181 | | (11) Hawaii; |
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| 182 | 182 | | (12) Illinois; |
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| 183 | 183 | | (13) Indiana; |
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| 184 | 184 | | (14) Iowa; |
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| 185 | 185 | | (15) Kansas; |
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| 186 | 186 | | (16) Kentucky; |
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| 187 | 187 | | (17) Louisiana; |
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| 188 | 188 | | (18) Maine; |
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| 189 | 189 | | (19) Maryland; |
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| 190 | 190 | | (20) Massachusetts; |
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| 191 | 191 | | (21) Michigan; |
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| 192 | 192 | | (22) Minnesota; |
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| 193 | 193 | | (23) Mississippi; |
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| 194 | 194 | | (24) Missouri; |
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| 195 | 195 | | (25) Montana; |
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| 196 | 196 | | (26) Nebraska; |
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| 197 | 197 | | (27) Nevada; |
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| 198 | 198 | | (28) New Hampshire; |
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| 199 | 199 | | (29) New Jersey; |
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| 200 | 200 | | (30) New Mexico; |
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| 201 | 201 | | (31) New York; |
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| 202 | 202 | | (32) North Carolina; |
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| 203 | 203 | | (33) North Dakota; |
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| 204 | 204 | | (34) Ohio; |
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| 205 | 205 | | (35) Oklahoma; |
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| 206 | 206 | | (36) Oregon; |
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| 210 | 210 | | (37) Pennsylvania; |
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| 211 | 211 | | (38) Rhode Island; |
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| 212 | 212 | | (39) South Carolina; |
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| 213 | 213 | | (40) South Dakota; |
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| 214 | 214 | | (41) Texas; |
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| 215 | 215 | | (42) Utah; |
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| 216 | 216 | | (43) Vermont; |
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| 217 | 217 | | (44) Virginia; |
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| 218 | 218 | | (45) Washington; |
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| 219 | 219 | | (46) West Virginia; |
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| 220 | 220 | | (47) Wisconsin; and |
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| 221 | 221 | | (48) Wyoming; |
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| 222 | 222 | | Whereas numerous cities, towns, and counties across America |
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| 223 | 223 | | have taken steps to recognize April as Arab American |
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| 224 | 224 | | Heritage Month, including— |
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| 225 | 225 | | (1) Montgomery, Alabama; |
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| 226 | 226 | | (2) Gilbert, Arizona; |
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| 227 | 227 | | (3) Glendale, Arizona; |
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| 228 | 228 | | (4) Tempe, Arizona; |
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| 229 | 229 | | (5) Alameda, California; |
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| 230 | 230 | | (6) Anaheim, California; |
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| 231 | 231 | | (7) Berkeley, California; |
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| 232 | 232 | | (8) Burbank, California; |
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| 233 | 233 | | (9) Chula Vista, California; |
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| 234 | 234 | | (10) Dublin, California; |
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| 235 | 235 | | (11) Los Altos, California |
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| 236 | 236 | | (12) Los Angeles, California; |
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| 237 | 237 | | (13) Los Angeles County, California; |
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| 238 | 238 | | (14) Orange County, California; |
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| 239 | 239 | | (15) Rancho Cucamonga, California |
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| 240 | 240 | | (16) San Francisco, California; |
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| 241 | 241 | | (17) San Diego, California; |
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| 242 | 242 | | (18) Santa Monica, California; |
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| 246 | 246 | | (19) South San Francisco, California; |
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| 247 | 247 | | (20) Temecula, California; |
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| 248 | 248 | | (21) Vista, California; |
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| 249 | 249 | | (22) Boulder County, Colorado; |
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| 250 | 250 | | (23) Salida, Colorado; |
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| 251 | 251 | | (24) Gainesville, Florida; |
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| 252 | 252 | | (25) Orlando, Florida; |
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| 253 | 253 | | (26) Atlanta, Georgia; |
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| 254 | 254 | | (27) Gwinnett County, Georgia; |
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| 255 | 255 | | (28) Snellville, Georgia; |
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| 256 | 256 | | (29) Chicago, Illinois; |
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| 257 | 257 | | (30) Cook County, Illinois; |
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| 258 | 258 | | (31) Linn County, Iowa; |
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| 259 | 259 | | (32) Overland Park, Kansas; |
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| 260 | 260 | | (33) Topeka, Kansas; |
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| 261 | 261 | | (34) Wichita, Kansas; |
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| 262 | 262 | | (35) Louisville, Kentucky; |
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| 263 | 263 | | (36) Portland, Maine; |
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| 264 | 264 | | (37) Baltimore, Maryland; |
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| 265 | 265 | | (38) Baltimore County, Maryland; |
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| 266 | 266 | | (39) Bowie, Maryland; |
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| 267 | 267 | | (40) Charles County, Maryland; |
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| 268 | 268 | | (41) Hyattsville, Maryland; |
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| 269 | 269 | | (42) Montgomery County, Maryland; |
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| 270 | 270 | | (43) Gaithersburg, Maryland; |
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| 271 | 271 | | (44) Rockville, Maryland; |
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| 272 | 272 | | (45) Boston, Massachusetts; |
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| 273 | 273 | | (46) Worcester, Massachusetts; |
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| 274 | 274 | | (47) Ann Arbor, Michigan; |
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| 275 | 275 | | (48) Detroit, Michigan; |
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| 276 | 276 | | (49) Wayne County, Michigan; |
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| 277 | 277 | | (50) Dearborn, Michigan; |
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| 278 | 278 | | (51) Dearborn Heights, Michigan; |
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| 282 | 282 | | (52) Flint, Michigan; |
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| 283 | 283 | | (53) Livonia, Michigan; |
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| 284 | 284 | | (54) St. Paul, Minnesota; |
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| 285 | 285 | | (55) Clifton, New Jersey; |
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| 286 | 286 | | (56) Jersey City, New Jersey; |
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| 287 | 287 | | (57) Monroe Township, New Jersey; |
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| 288 | 288 | | (58) Paterson, New Jersey; |
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| 289 | 289 | | (59) Prospect Park, New Jersey; |
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| 290 | 290 | | (60) Albany, New York; |
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| 291 | 291 | | (61) Buffalo, New York; |
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| 292 | 292 | | (62) Yonkers, New York, |
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| 293 | 293 | | (63) Westchester County, New York; |
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| 294 | 294 | | (64) Raleigh, North Carolina; |
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| 295 | 295 | | (65) Cuyahoga County, Ohio; |
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| 296 | 296 | | (66) Cleveland, Ohio; |
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| 297 | 297 | | (67) Dayton, Ohio; |
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| 298 | 298 | | (68) Lakewood, Ohio; |
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| 299 | 299 | | (69) Toledo, Ohio; |
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| 300 | 300 | | (70) Multnomah County, Oregon; |
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| 301 | 301 | | (71) Portland, Oregon; |
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| 302 | 302 | | (72) Washington County, Oregon; |
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| 303 | 303 | | (73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; |
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| 304 | 304 | | (74) Charleston, South Carolina; |
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| 305 | 305 | | (75) Columbia, South Carolina; |
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| 306 | 306 | | (76) Memphis, Tennessee; |
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| 307 | 307 | | (77) Dallas, Texas; |
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| 308 | 308 | | (78) San Antonio, Texas |
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| 309 | 309 | | (79) Alexandria, Virginia; |
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| 310 | 310 | | (80) Arlington County, Virginia; |
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| 311 | 311 | | (81) Fairfax, Virginia; |
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| 312 | 312 | | (82) Fairfax County, Virginia; |
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| 313 | 313 | | (83) Henrico County, Virginia; |
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| 314 | 314 | | (84) Loudoun County, Virginia; |
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| 318 | 318 | | (85) Prince William County, Virginia; |
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| 319 | 319 | | (86) Richmond, Virginia; |
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| 320 | 320 | | (87) Virginia Beach, Virginia; |
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| 321 | 321 | | (88) Ellensburg, Washington; |
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| 322 | 322 | | (89) Kirkland, Washington; |
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| 323 | 323 | | (90) Morgantown, West Virginia; |
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| 324 | 324 | | (91) Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and |
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| 325 | 325 | | (92) Madison, Wisconsin; |
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| 326 | 326 | | Whereas 4 States have passed permanent legislation desig- |
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| 327 | 327 | | nating the month of April as AAHM, including Illinois, |
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| 328 | 328 | | Oregon, Virginia, and California, and several States are |
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| 329 | 329 | | considering or have made progress toward passing per- |
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| 330 | 330 | | manent legislation, including Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, |
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| 331 | 331 | | and Rhode Island; and |
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| 332 | 332 | | Whereas the incredible contributions and heritage of Arab |
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| 333 | 333 | | Americans have helped to build a better Nation: Now, |
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| 334 | 334 | | therefore, be it |
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| 335 | 335 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Arab 2 |
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| 337 | 337 | | American Heritage Month’’; 3 |
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| 338 | 338 | | (2) esteems the integral role of Arab Americans 4 |
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| 339 | 339 | | in the economy, culture, and identity of the United 5 |
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| 340 | 340 | | States; and 6 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (3) urges the people of the United States to 7 |
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| 342 | 342 | | serve National Arab American Heritage Month with 8 |
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| 343 | 343 | | appropriate programs and activities that recognize 9 |
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| 344 | 344 | | and celebrate the unique contributions of Arab 10 |
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