[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY'S 
  ESPIONAGE MISSION TO SEND A SURVEILLANCE BALLOON ACROSS THE UNITED 
 STATES, IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SHOULD 
                              BE CONDEMNED

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be discharged from further consideration 
and that the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 49.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 49) expressing the sense of the 
     Senate that the Chinese Communist Party's espionage mission 
     to send a surveillance balloon across the United States, in 
     violation of international law, is unacceptable and should be 
     condemned.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
  Ms. CANTWELL. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 49) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of 
February 9, 2023, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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