[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 95 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 124. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3746, to 
provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVISION OF 
                   SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The Russian Federation has failed to abide by the 
     Belovezh Accords (also known as the ``Minsk Agreement''), 
     signed in Minsk, Belarus, on December 8, 1991, by the leaders 
     of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the Republic of 
     Belarus, in which those leaders agreed to have ``respect for 
     state sovereignty'' and renounce ``the use of force and of 
     economic or any other methods of coercion''.
       (2) The Russian Federation has failed to honor its 
     commitment under the Memorandum on security assurances in 
     connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-
     Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Budapest, 
     Hungary, December 5, 1994, in which the Russian Federation 
     agreed to respect the sovereignty of Ukraine in exchange for 
     the removal of nuclear weapons from Ukraine.
       (3) The Russian Federation illegally annexed Crimea in 2014 
     and forces backed by the Russian Federation continue to 
     occupy Eastern Ukraine.
       (4) The further invasion of Ukraine by the Russian 
     Federation that began in 2022--
       (A) threatens the safety, security, and sovereignty of 
     Ukraine;
       (B) is destabilizing to the region; and
       (C) poses a risk to the economy of Ukraine and may deter 
     future investments in Ukraine by foreign countries.
       (5) Through the invasion, the Russian Federation has 
     indiscriminately attacked civilian targets, resulting in the 
     death of at least 8,490 civilians and injury of at least 
     14,244 civilians, and has made thinly veiled threats to 
     impose additional death and destruction on members of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) if the Russian 
     Federation so desires.
       (6) In May 2023, the Russian Federation announced it was 
     moving ahead with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons 
     to the Republic of Belarus, which would be the first 
     deployment by the Russian Federation of such weapons outside 
     of Russia since 1991.
       (7) The security assistance provided by the United States 
     has been used to maximum effect and allowed Ukraine to fight 
     back against the Russian Federation's unprovoked invasion of 
     the sovereign territory of Ukraine.
       (8) It is imperative to continue to provide security 
     assistance to Ukraine at this crucial inflection point in the 
     war as Ukraine prepares to launch its counteroffensive 
     against the Russian Federation.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Congress--
       (1) affirms it is in the national security interest of the 
     United States to provide security assistance to Ukraine and 
     calls on the United States Government to continue to provide 
     such assistance to ensure the sovereign territory of Ukraine 
     is liberated from the Russian Federation and its proxy 
     forces;
       (2) supports providing additional funding to Ukraine 
     through future supplemental packages to ensure Ukraine has 
     the resources it needs to ensure and sustain its liberation 
     from the Russian Federation; and
       (3) calls on Congress to appropriate all funds needed to 
     increase the production of and replenish United States 
     inventories that have been provided to Ukraine.
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