Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 1212 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1212 Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2026 Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. To…