119-sres68

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 68 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 68

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States shall not 
deploy United States military assets or personnel to Gaza for purposes 
 of ``taking over'' Gaza.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 10, 2025

 Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. 
 Duckworth) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 RESOLUTION

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States shall not 
deploy United States military assets or personnel to Gaza for purposes 
 of ``taking over'' Gaza.

Whereas the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, killed 1,195 
 Israelis;
Whereas Israeli military operations in Gaza have resulted in more than 45,000 
 Palestinians killed;
Whereas, the January 15, 2025, ceasefire between Israel and Hamas resulted in 
 the long-overdue return of innocent hostages taken by Hamas, the 
 suspension of Israeli military activity in Gaza and the redeployment of 
 forces, and an opportunity for the international community to surge 
 humanitarian aid to Gazans in need;
Whereas, on February 4, 2025, President Trump suggested the United States will 
 ``take over the Gaza Strip'' and forcibly relocate its people;
Whereas the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination and their 
 own independent state, and to live with dignity and in peaceful 
 coexistence with their neighbors;
Whereas the United States asserting control over Gaza would fracture relations 
 with United States partners in the region and around the world, validate 
 the Iranian regime's corrosive rhetoric, and foster higher levels of 
 radicalization and terrorism that would only further threaten the 
 interests of the United States and United States citizens and members of 
 the Armed Forces in the region;
Whereas the people of the United States have no interest in a new and extended 
 military deployment to the Middle East, a new forever war in the Middle 
 East, expending untold billions of taxpayer dollars to support any 
 United States military operations in Gaza, or the forcible displacement 
 of 2,000,000 people from Gaza; and
Whereas there is no congressional authorization, as required by law, for the use 
 of United States military force in Gaza: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the United States 
will not deploy United States Armed Forces, risk United States lives, 
or otherwise use United States funds to fulfill the pronounced 
objective to ``take over'' Gaza.
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