SCONRES-21 : Still Just a Bill

This is a summary of Senate Concurrent Resolution 21, introduced by Mr. Scott of Florida on September 3, 2025.

The resolution is titled "Denouncing the horrors of socialism".

The resolution expresses the sense of Congress that:

• Socialism concentrates power and often leads to communist regimes, totalitarian rule, and dictatorships.
• Socialism has historically led to famine and mass murders, resulting in over 100,000,000 deaths worldwide.
• Many historical figures committed crimes while adhering to socialist ideologies.
• Specific instances of atrocities under socialist regimes are cited, including:
  • Deaths in the Bolshevik Revolution.
  • The use of gulags in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
  • The Terror-Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine.
  • Famine and devastation caused by the Great Leap Forward in China.
  • The killing fields in Cambodia.
  • Starvation in North Korea.
  • Expropriation of land and businesses by the Castro regime in Cuba.
  • The economic decline of Venezuela under socialist policies.
• Quotations from Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are included to highlight the importance of individual industry, private property, and personal liberty.
• The United States was founded on the belief in the sanctity of the individual, which opposes the collectivistic system of socialism.

Therefore, the resolution states that Congress denounces socialism in all its forms and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.