Introduced in Senate
A resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.
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That the Senate— (1) supports the resolutions drafted, introduced, and adopted by cities and localities across the United States declaring racism a public health crisis; (2) declares racism a public health crisis in the United States; (3) commits to— (A) establishing a nationwide strategy to address health disparities and inequities across all sectors in society; (B) dismantling systemic practices and policies that perpetuate racism; (C) advancing reforms to address years of neglectful and apathetic policies that have led to poor health outcomes for members of racial and ethnic minority groups; and (D) promoting efforts to address the social determinants of health for all racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States; and (4) places a charge on the people of the United States to move forward with urgency to ensure that the United States stands firmly in honoring its moral purpose of advancing the self-evident truths that all people are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.