[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4858-S4859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 775--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT VIOLENCE 
AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
         INVESTIGATION ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOULD BE CONDEMNED

  Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 775

       Whereas, pursuant to a judicially issued warrant, the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation (referred to in this preamble 
     as ``FBI'') searched the residence of former President Donald 
     Trump (referred to in this preamble as ``the former 
     President'') on August 8, 2022, for classified and national 
     defense information records owned by the United States 
     (referred to in this preamble as ``the search'');
       Whereas, in the days following the search, employees of the 
     FBI and their families have been subjected to threats of 
     violence;
       Whereas the threats to employees of the FBI and their 
     families have been inflamed by--
           (1) calls from members of Congress to ``destroy the 
     FBI'' or ``defund the FBI'';
           (2) members of Congress comparing the execution of a 
     lawful warrant by the FBI to the actions of the Nazi Gestapo; 
     and
           (3) repeated attacks from the former President, who has 
     called FBI officials, among other insults, ``vicious 
     monsters'';

       Whereas the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security 
     issued an intelligence bulletin warning of a further increase 
     in violent threats and acts of violence against Federal law 
     enforcement officials and facilities following the search;
       Whereas these threats include placing a ``dirty bomb'' 
     outside of FBI headquarters and calls for ``civil war'' and 
     ``armed rebellion'';
       Whereas the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security 
     have also ``observed the personal identifying information of 
     possible targets of violence, such as home addresses and 
     identification of family members, disseminated online as 
     additional targets'';
       Whereas a man wearing body armor and armed with an AR-15 
     rifle and nail gun attempted to breach the FBI Cincinnati 
     Field Office on August 11, 2022;
       Whereas a man was indicted on August 16, 2022, for 
     threatening to murder everyone at the FBI, from the Director, 
     to agents, to the custodial staff;
       Whereas a man jumped a fence and threw rocks at the FBI 
     Chicago Field Office on August 25, 2022;
       Whereas the continued leveling of threats and baseless 
     attacks against the FBI will increase the risk of injury or 
     death that employees of the FBI face; and
       Whereas the employees of the FBI put their lives on the 
     line every day to protect the communities of the United 
     States and uphold the rule of law: Now, therefore, be it
         Resolved, That the Senate--
         (1) condemns attacks and threats of violence against the 
     employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
         (2) condemns calls from members of Congress to ``destroy 
     the FBI'' and ``defund the FBI'';
         (3) urges public officials at every level of government 
     to reject and condemn political violence and the threat of 
     political violence, regardless of its motivation;

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         (4) honors the dedicated service of the employees of the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation, including their work 
     executing lawful warrants; and
         (5) affirms that a founding principle of the United 
     States is that individuals settle differences through the 
     political process, not through the use or threat of violence.

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