[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 29, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 80. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and 
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of 
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense 
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the 
Syrian people, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONDEMNING THE GOVERNMENT OF 
                   IRAN FOR ITS SUPPORT OF MILITANT GROUPS THAT 
                   THREATEN THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
                   ITS ALLIES AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) ) The goals of the Government of Iran are to expand its 
     regional influence by military means and by destabilizing its 
     neighbors by all means.
       (2) Since 1979, the Iranian regime has engaged in various 
     destabilizing activities that undermine the national security 
     of the United States and its regional allies and partners.
       (3) The Government of Iran does this by providing a wide 
     range of support to militant groups and by increasing its 
     nuclear and conventional capability.
       (4) The Department of State has designated Iran as a state 
     sponsor of terrorism since 1984 and has characterized Iran as 
     the ``most active state sponsor of terrorism'' in the world.
       (5) Iranian leadership has repeatedly called for the 
     destruction of the United States and Israel.
       (6) According to the Department of State's Country Reports 
     on Terrorism, Iran has armed Hizballah, Hamas and other 
     terrorist organizations, providing hundreds of millions of 
     dollars in support, and training thousands of their fighters.
       (7) Weapons supplied by the Government of Iran have 
     targeted United States citizens, most notably the Iranian-
     supplied Explosively Formed Projectiles, the most deadly and 
     sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on the 
     battlefield, which have killed and injured thousands of 
     members of the United States Armed Forces in Iraq.
       (8) Thwarting Iran's hegemonic ambitions in the region 
     brings long-term peace and stability, which thereby promotes 
     the security of the United States and our partners.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the United States Government should reaffirm its 
     commitment not to equip the Government of Iran with the 
     material and strategic means to further finance or expand 
     acts of terrorism; and
       (2) the United States Government should reaffirm its 
     commitment to encourage global and regional security in the 
     Middle East by strongly supporting allies and strategic 
     partners.

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