H.ConRes. 111 Introduced in US House of Representatives

Support H.Con.Res.111: Expressing sympathy for the loss of Rachel Corrie
An open letter from the International Soldierly Movement

Friends,
Many of you may have already received action alerts asking you to call/write your members of Congress to ask them to support H.Con.Res.111. If you have not, please refer to the text and details below:

108th CONGRESS, 1st Session
H. CON. RES. 111
Expressing sympathy for the loss of Rachel Corrie in the Palestinian village of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 25, 2003
Mr. BAIRD (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. DICKS, Mr LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WU, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ESHOO, and Mrs. CAPPS) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing sympathy for the loss of Rachel Corrie in the Palestinian village of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress--
(1) expresses its sympathy to Craig and Cynthia Corrie and to their extended families, friends, and co-workers for the loss of Rachel Corrie in the Palestinian village of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on March 16, 2003;
(2) calls on the United States Government to undertake a full, fair, and expeditious investigation into the death of Rachel Corrie; and
(3) encourages the Government of the United States and the Government of Israel to work together to determine all the circumstances that led to this incident and to ensure that an incident of this kind never occurs again.

From ISM:

Rachel gave her life fighting against the policy of home demolitions and the system of occupation, which aren't addressed in this resolution.

We know that Rachel would not have wanted the focus to be on her but rather on the continued violence against the Palestinian people. Rachel's family is continually speaking about the violence that their daughter gave her life to try to stop and are urging people to turn their attention to what's happening in the Occupied Territories.

This resolution does not address these issues, but we hope that the passing of H.Con.Res.111 will open the door for the larger policies of violence against Palestinian civilians to be addressed in the United States.

Please, if you haven't already, call, write or make an appointment to visit your members of congress to express the importance of this resolution and your support for your members of congress signing on.

You can get contact information for your members of congress by going to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.