[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1009-S1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 251. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Cardin) proposed an amendment to the
resolution S. Res. 52, calling for the release of Ukrainian fighter
pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was captured by Russian forces in Eastern
Ukraine and has been held illegally in a Russian prison since July
2014; as follows:
Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the
following: ``That the Senate--
(1) condemns the Government of the Russian Federation for
its illegal imprisonment of Nadiya Savchenko;
(2) calls on the Government of the Russian Federation to
immediately release Nadiya Savchenko;
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(3) calls on the United States, its European allies, and
the international community to aggressively support
diplomatic efforts to release Nadiya Savchenko; and
(4) expresses solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
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