This resolution calls on the Senate to remove Richard B. Russell's name from the Russell Senate Office Building due to his opposition to civil rights legislation and advocacy for racial segregation and white supremacy. The resolution details Russell's record, including his role in filibustering an anti-lynching bill in 1935, his 1936 campaign statement supporting white supremacy, his authorship of the 1956 Southern Manifesto defending segregation, and his 1964 proposal for a racial relocation program. The House resolution rejects white nationalism and supremacy, condemns memorials to lawmakers who opposed equality, and asks the Senate to rename the building back to its original name, the Old Senate Office Building, pending a new honoree. This is a non-binding congressional resolution with no direct funding or implementation timeline—it expresses the House's position and requests action from the Senate.
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