Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.
Summary
This resolution honors the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux, France, following the Nazi invasion of France. The resolution states that he acted with great courage and at personal risk to issue visas that spared many thousands of people from the Nazi occupation of France and the Holocaust.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
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Introduced May 30, 2023
Last action May 30, 2023
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May 30, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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May 30, 2023
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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State
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Jim Costa
DDemocratic
Co
Brad Sherman
DDemocratic
Co
David G. Valadao
RRepublican
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Jake Auchincloss
DDemocratic
Co
James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
Co
Jared Moskowitz
DDemocratic
Co
Lori Trahan
DDemocratic
Co
Michael Lawler
RRepublican
Co
Scott H. Peters
DDemocratic
Co
Seth Magaziner
DDemocratic
Co
William R. Keating
DDemocratic
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