[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S1426]
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                 CONDEMNING TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report Senate Resolution 69.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 69) condemning terrorist attacks in 
     Israel.

  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. 
The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. I announce that the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats] is 
necessarily absent.
  I also announce that the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Simpson] is absent 
due to a death in the family.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Indiana [Mr. Coats] and the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Simpson] would 
vote ``yea.''
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Heflin] is 
necessarily absent.
  I also announce that the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] is 
absent because of a death in the family.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy] would vote ``yea.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
deserving to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 96, nays 4, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 42 Leg.]

                                YEAS--96

     Abraham
     Akaka
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Breaux
     Brown
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Nunn
     Packwood
     Pell
     Pressler
     Pryor
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Shelby
     Simon
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner
     Wellstone

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Coats
     Heflin
     Kennedy
     Simpson
  So the resolution (S. Res. 69) was agreed to as follows:
                               S. Res. 69

       Whereas on January 22, 1995 a brutal and cowardly terrorist 
     attack near Netanya, Israel killed 19 Israelis and wounded 
     dozens more;
       Whereas the terrorist group ``Islamic Jihad'' claimed 
     credit for the January 22, 1995 attack in a statement issued 
     in Damascus, Syria;
       Whereas on December 25, 1994, a ``Hamas'' terrorist attack 
     in Jerusalem wounded 13 civilians, including 1 American 
     citizen;
       Whereas on October 19, 1994, a Hamas terrorist attack in 
     Tel Aviv killed 22 Israelis and wounded 48 more;
       Whereas 110 Israeli citizens have been killed and hundreds 
     more have been wounded in terrorist attacks since the 
     Declaration of Principles was signed on September 13, 1993;
       Whereas the Declaration of Principles obligates the 
     Palestinian Authority to publicly condemn terrorist attacks, 
     and to bring to justice perpetrators of such acts in 
     territories under their control;
       Whereas no perpetrators of these terrorist attacks have 
     been brought to justice for their acts of violence by the 
     Palestinian Authority;
       Whereas the governments of Syria and Iran continue to 
     provide safe haven and support for terrorist groups, 
     including Islamic Jihad and Hamas, among others;
       Whereas continued acts of terrorism threaten the peace 
     process in the Middle East; Therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate that--
       (1) the terrorist attacks in Israel are condemned in the 
     strongest possible terms;
       (2) condolences are extended to the families of all those 
     killed, and hopes are expressed for the rapid and complete 
     recovery of all wounded in the January 22, 1995 attack;
       (3) Chairman Arafat should, consistent with the obligations 
     of the Declaration of Principles, publicly and forcefully 
     condemn acts of terror against Israelis, take immediate steps 
     to bring to justice those responsible for such acts, and 
     implement steps to prevent future acts of terrorism in all 
     territory under his control;
       (4) President Assad should immediately end all support for 
     terrorist groups, including safe haven, material and 
     financial support, in all territory under his control;
       (5) The administration should undertake strong efforts to 
     end the safe haven, training, and financial and other support 
     granted terrorists by Iran, Syria and other states.

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
resolution was agreed to.
  Mr. KEMPTHORNE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the preamble is agreed to.

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