119-sres224

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 224 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 224

 Calling for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to address the 
 needs of civilians in Gaza.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 13, 2025

 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Booker, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kim, 
 Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Ossoff, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Smith, 
 Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Wyden, Mr. 
Whitehouse, and Mr. King) submitted the following resolution; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 RESOLUTION

 Calling for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to address the 
 needs of civilians in Gaza.

Whereas the entire population of the Gaza Strip, an estimated 2,200,000 people, 
 is facing acute levels of hunger;
Whereas, according to the United Nations, since January 2025, approximately 
 10,000 children have been identified as suffering from acute 
 malnutrition--a telltale sign of imminent famine;
Whereas the borders of Gaza have been blocked since March 2, 2025, prohibiting 
 entry of food, medicine, infant formula, fuel, and other lifesaving 
 humanitarian supplies;
Whereas all 25 World Food Program-supported bakeries in Gaza closed on March 31, 
 2025, as wheat flour and cooking fuel ran out, and the same week World 
 Food Program food parcels distributed to families--with two weeks of 
 food rations--were exhausted;
Whereas the Executive Director of the World Food Program Cindy McCain said on 
 April 25, ``People are starving, and. . . many more are going to starve 
 as a result of this.'';
Whereas women eat last and least in times of heightened food insecurity; and
Whereas the health system in Gaza is near total collapse: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Senate--

    (1) is gravely concerned with--
        (A) the humanitarian crisis and acute suffering of 
 the Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and
        (B) the suffering of the hostages and hostage 
 families; and

    (2) calls on the White House, Department of State, and 
 other relevant United States Government agencies to urgently 
 use all available diplomatic tools to bring about the release 
 of the hostages, an immediate cessation of the blockade on food 
 and humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians, and a durable 
 end to the conflict in Gaza.
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