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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 402 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Honoring mothers, and recognizing the significance of motherhood and the |
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| 6 | 6 | | impact mothers have on raising the next generation, on the occasion |
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| 7 | 7 | | of Mother’s Day. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY8, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | EBERof Texas (for himself, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | EHLS, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. BACON, Mr. CREN- |
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| 14 | 14 | | SHAW, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. RULLI, Mr. MOOREof West Virginia, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | LLZEY, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. OWENS, Mr. |
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| 18 | 18 | | ZELL, Mr. SELF, Mr. BABIN, Mr. TONYGONZALESof Texas, Mrs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | INSON, and Mrs. LUNA) submitted the following resolution; which was |
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| 21 | 21 | | referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 22 | 22 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 23 | 23 | | Honoring mothers, and recognizing the significance of moth- |
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| 24 | 24 | | erhood and the impact mothers have on raising the next |
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| 25 | 25 | | generation, on the occasion of Mother’s Day. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas President Woodrow Wilson issued a Presidential |
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| 27 | 27 | | proclamation on May 9, 1914, establishing the first na- |
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| 28 | 28 | | tional Mother’s Day holiday to celebrate America’s moth- |
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| 29 | 29 | | ers; |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world, dem- |
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| 31 | 31 | | onstrating the historical significance and universal re- |
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| 32 | 32 | | spect for mothers and motherhood; |
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| 35 | 35 | | •HRES 402 IH |
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| 36 | 36 | | Whereas, on Mother’s Day, families are blessed with the op- |
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| 37 | 37 | | portunity to celebrate their mothers, the sacrifices moth- |
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| 38 | 38 | | ers make daily, and everything motherhood represents; |
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| 39 | 39 | | Whereas mothers are responsible for raising the next genera- |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion and deserve to be celebrated for the special ability |
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| 41 | 41 | | only they have to bring life into this world; |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas mothers are both strong and nurturing, traits which |
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| 43 | 43 | | are critical to the development of their progeny; |
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| 44 | 44 | | Whereas mothers such as stepmothers, adopted mothers, and |
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| 45 | 45 | | single mothers are also vital to the fabric of this Nation |
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| 46 | 46 | | and the story of motherhood; |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas the definition of ‘‘mother’’ has come under attack |
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| 48 | 48 | | in recent years from various groups that seek to diminish |
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| 49 | 49 | | the significance of motherhood; |
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| 50 | 50 | | Whereas redefining motherhood attacks the fundamental |
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| 51 | 51 | | truth of the human experience and ignores the intrinsic |
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| 52 | 52 | | capability women have to become mothers; |
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| 53 | 53 | | Whereas the terms ‘‘birthing person’’, ‘‘gestational parent’’, |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘chest feeder’’, ‘‘menstruating people’’, ‘‘pregnant peo- |
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| 55 | 55 | | ple’’, and ‘‘people with a capacity for pregnancy’’, among |
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| 56 | 56 | | others, diminish the significance of motherhood; |
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| 57 | 57 | | Whereas, in the 117th Congress, Democrats incomprehensibly |
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| 58 | 58 | | passed legislation that eliminated the term ‘‘mother’’ |
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| 59 | 59 | | from the House Rules, tantamount to an attack on moth- |
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| 60 | 60 | | erhood at the most fundamental level; |
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| 61 | 61 | | Whereas mothers are, by basic logic and commonsense defini- |
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| 62 | 62 | | tion, women; and |
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| 63 | 63 | | Whereas, on Sunday, May 11, 2025, the United States will |
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| 64 | 64 | | celebrate Mother’s Day, thus providing Americans the op- |
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| 67 | 67 | | •HRES 402 IH |
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| 68 | 68 | | portunity to express their love and reverence for the |
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| 69 | 69 | | mothers of this Nation: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 70 | 70 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (1) supports policies that recognize mothers as 2 |
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| 72 | 72 | | mothers; 3 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) acknowledges that Mother’s Day is intended 4 |
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| 74 | 74 | | specifically to commemorate motherhood and to 5 |
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| 75 | 75 | | honor the mothers of the United States; 6 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (3) recognizes the importance of motherhood, 7 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the sacrifices women make when choosing to raise a 8 |
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| 78 | 78 | | family, and the invaluable contributions of mother-9 |
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| 79 | 79 | | hood to the family, community, States, and country 10 |
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| 80 | 80 | | as a whole; and 11 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (4) encourages the people of the United States 12 |
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| 82 | 82 | | to observe Mother’s Day in celebration of the women 13 |
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| 83 | 83 | | who have chosen to bring life into the world and 14 |
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| 84 | 84 | | nurture the next generation. 15 |
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