By: Oliverson (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.C.R. No. 26
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;
  May 12, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         SchwertnerX
         KingX
         BirdwellX
         CampbellX
         CreightonX
         JohnsonX
         KolkhorstX
         MenéndezX
         MiddletonX
         NicholsX
         ZaffiriniX
 
 
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 
  WHEREAS, Throughout history, countless lives have been lost
  to oppressive communist regimes; and
         WHEREAS, In 2017, November 7 was designated as a national day
  of remembrance for the victims of communism; the date commemorates
  the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917, when
  the first communist regime, led by Vladimir Lenin, initiated
  decades of oppression and violence around the world; despite
  promises of equality and liberation, communist dictators such as
  Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Nicolae Ceausescu,
  Fidel and Raúl Castro, and the Kim dynasty of North Korea have
  murdered vast numbers of people in genocidal purges, persecuted
  others for speaking out, and suppressed freedom of thought,
  cultural life, and self-determination movements in more than 40
  nations; and
         WHEREAS, Based on the theories of Karl Marx, this political
  ideology has been responsible for the deaths of more than 100
  million people, and it has subjected countless others to some of the
  worst human rights abuses in history; as the bipartisan
  U.S. Congressional Caucus for the Victims of Communism has stated,
  "Marx's defenders often say he cannot be held accountable for what
  communist regimes did long after his life and death, but Marxist
  dictators who massacred their own people were applying communist
  ideology to political practice"; and
         WHEREAS, Under Chapter 443, Government Code, and rules of the
  State Preservation Board, a portion of the north Capitol grounds is
  available for new monuments, subject to legislative approval,
  specified procedural requirements, the provision of funding from
  private donors, conformity to certain size and design limitations
  and parameters, and completion on a timely basis; and
         WHEREAS, A memorial on the Capitol grounds would provide a
  communal place for Texans to honor the legacies of those who lost
  their lives to communism; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby authorize the State Preservation Board, subject to state law
  and rules of the board, to approve the construction of a monument
  honoring victims of communism at the State Capitol Complex, at a
  site outside of the historic Capitol grounds; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward an
  official copy of this resolution to the executive director of the
  State Preservation Board.
 
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