Rep. Brown Leads Bipartisan Coalition in Urging Inclusion of House-Passed Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial Bill in End of the Year Package

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS – This week, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) led a bipartisan letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.  The letter urges inclusion of the House-passed Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial bill, H.R. 7618, in any must-pass legislation before the end of the current legislative session. 

“Now that the House has taken the important step of passing H.R. 7618 to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial as a national memorial, we should deliver on our commitment to root out evil and send the bill to President Biden’s desk as quickly as possible,” said Rep. Brown. “Recognizing the extraordinary legacy of this historic memorial could not be more important at a time of rising antisemitism and Holocaust denial.”

Rep. Brown introduced the commemorative, bipartisan bill in April with cosponsors Reps. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Tim Ryan (OH-13), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Dave Joyce (OH-14), Troy Balderson (OH-12), Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), and Mike Carey (OH-15). On September 20, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the legislation by unanimous consent. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman introduced a companion bill in the Senate. On July 21, 2022, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reported the measure favorably to the full Senate, but the Senate has not yet taken action.

Read the final letter below.

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