[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S821]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE RESOLUTION 68--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
    UNITED STATES SHALL NOT DEPLOY UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSETS OR 
         PERSONNEL TO GAZA FOR PURPOSES OF ``TAKING OVER'' GAZA

  Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wyden, and Ms. 
Duckworth) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                               S. Res. 68

       Whereas the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 
     7, 2023, killed 1,195 Israelis;
       Whereas Israeli military operations in Gaza have resulted 
     in more than 45,000 Palestinians killed;
       Whereas the January 15, 2025, ceasefire between Israel and 
     Hamas resulted in the long-overdue return of innocent 
     hostages taken by Hamas, the suspension of Israeli military 
     activity in Gaza and the redeployment of forces, and an 
     opportunity for the international community to surge 
     humanitarian aid to Gazans in need;
       Whereas, on February 4, 2025, President Trump suggested the 
     United States will ``take over the Gaza Strip'' and forcibly 
     relocate its people;
       Whereas the Palestinian people have the right to self-
     determination and their own independent state, and to live 
     with dignity and in peaceful coexistence with their 
     neighbors;
       Whereas the United States asserting control over Gaza would 
     fracture relations with United States partners in the region 
     and around the world, validate the Iranian regime's corrosive 
     rhetoric, and foster higher levels of radicalization and 
     terrorism that would only further threaten the interests of 
     the United States and United States citizens and members of 
     the Armed Forces in the region;
       Whereas the people of the United States have no interest in 
     a new and extended military deployment to the Middle East, a 
     new forever war in the Middle East, expending untold billions 
     of taxpayer dollars to support any United States military 
     operations in Gaza, or the forcible displacement of 2,000,000 
     people from Gaza; and
       Whereas there is no congressional authorization, as 
     required by law, for the use of United States military force 
     in Gaza: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the 
     United States will not deploy United States Armed Forces, 
     risk United States lives, or otherwise use United States 
     funds to fulfill the pronounced objective to ``take over'' 
     Gaza.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I understand the Chair has an announcement 
for the Senate.

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