H.Res. 1127: Resolution condemning the endemic restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic incitement to violence and Holocaust denial in the Arab media and press.

H.Res. 1127: Resolution condemning the endemic restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic incitement to violence and Holocaust denial in the Arab media and press.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-04-22 · International Affairs · Latest: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-04-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Resolution condemning the endemic restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic incitement to violence and Holocaust denial in the Arab media and press.

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Condemns the restrictions on freedom of the press and expression in the Arab world and the widespread presence of anti-Semitic material, Holocaust denial, and incitement to violence in the Arab media. Deplores the practices utilized by the governments in the Middle East to exert control over the press and on public expression. Expresses concern that many of the Arab governments to which United States has turned for assistance in ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are responsible for using their government-controlled media to promulgate incendiary speech regarding Israel and the Jewish people that makes U.S. efforts to help resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict all the more difficult. Calls on the President to: (1) raise the issue of the lack of media freedom in the Middle East and the proliferation of anti-Semitic incitement; and (2) take into account the compliance of governments throughout the region with international norms and obligations regarding media freedom and anti-Semitic incitement when determining U.S. assistance. Calls on U.S. allies and governments throughout the Middle East to publicly repudiate purveyors of anti-Semitic incitement.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Resolution condemning the endemic restrictions on freedom of the press and media and public expression in the Middle East and the concurrent and widespread presence of anti-Semitic incitement to violence and Holocaust denial in the Arab media and press.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] · 35 cosponsors

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Joe Wilson (R-SC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hres1127.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hres>

Record fed-us-cong110-hres1127 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110