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

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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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