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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.
Sponsored By: Representative Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced
Summary
Support for library staff and free access to information. This resolution would back National Library Week and call for full funding and protections so library workers can defend public access to books, media, internet, and community services.
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- Families and communities: Libraries would be framed as critical local infrastructure that helps with job searches, small business resources, programs for kids, equitable internet access, and serves as a safe place for unhoused people.
- Library workers: The resolution would affirm workers' rights to organize and collectively bargain and would defend staff civil rights and their ability to speak to the public and officials without intimidation.
- Access and underserved communities: It would push for federal, state, and local funding to protect services and warns that eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services would harm rural, Tribal, and other underserved areas. It also highlights threats from book bans, noting 10,046 instances in 2023–2024.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/21/2025
Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/21/2025
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 4/21/2025
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 4/21/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
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