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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 93 

Congratulating the European Union on the 60th anniversary of the signing 

of the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community and laid the foundation for decades of European peace and 

prosperity. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 23, 2017 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. MCCAIN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the European Union on the 60th anniversary 

of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which established 

the European Economic Community and laid the foundation for decades of European peace and prosperity. 

Whereas 6 European countries signed the Treaty of Rome on 

March 25, 1957, creating the European Economic Community, which established a customs union and common 

market among the signatory countries in order to foster 

economic cooperation and interdependence; 

Whereas the United States welcomed and supported this European economic integration, recognizing that this kind of 

union would promote interdependence and therefore prevent future war and conflict; 


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Whereas this economic integration has broadened and evolved 

into the European Union, a unique political and economic 

union covering much of the European continent and 

based on the principles of rule of law and representative 

democracy, which has pursued common policies in economic, security, diplomatic, and political areas and has 

helped bring unprecedented peace and stability to Europe 

and its neighbors; 

Whereas European integration has been essential in opening 

and expanding markets, strengthening the rule of law 

and respect for basic freedoms, and fostering democracy 

in Europe itself, both in European Union members and 

aspiring nations; 

Whereas, since World War II, the United States has firmly 

supported and been an active partner in the European integration project, working with Europe to rebuild its wartorn continent through the Marshall Plan and to create 

an Atlantic security alliance built on shared values and 

ideals, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 

to permanently prevent the kind of conflict we had just 

endured; 

Whereas the United States and Europe have since engaged 

in a close and robust Transatlantic partnership, constructed on a strong foundation of shared values and 

commitment to democracy, freedom and the rule of law, 

to the benefit of the United States, Europe, and the rest 

of the world; 

Whereas a strong United States-European Union partnership 

has helped build our mutual economies, ensured unprecedented peace in Europe, and remains essential to creating a freer, safer, and more prosperous and more interconnected world; 


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Whereas the Transatlantic economy is the world’s largest and 

wealthiest market and the single most important driver 

of global economic growth and prosperity, with the 

United States and European Union together accounting 

for over half of the world’s gross domestic product 

(GDP), generating $5,500,000,000,000 in yearly commercial sales and employing up to 15,000,000 workers in 

domestic jobs on both sides of the Atlantic; 

Whereas mutual investment is the backbone of the Transatlantic economy, and the United States and Europe are 

each other’s primary source and destination for Foreign 

Direct Investment (FDI); 

Whereas the United States and the European Union are each 

other’s largest trading partners, and United States-European Union trade totaled approximately 

$687,000,000,000 during 2016, almost double the level 

at the beginning of the century; 

Whereas the Transatlantic economy drives innovation, with 

the United States and European Union investing more in 

mutual Research and Development than any other 2 

international partners and collaborating across areas of 

science and technology, including marine and Arctic 

science, transportation and energy technologies, and 

health research; 

Whereas this historic partnership goes far beyond economic 

and commercial ties, and the United States and the European Union work together to promote peace and stability, protect human rights, foster democracy and sustainable development, combat global threats like terrorism, and eradicate disease and poverty; 


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Whereas the United States and the European Union have developed numerous mechanisms to strengthen the Transatlantic relationship and to improve communication and 

collaboration among our respective governments, including annual European Union-United States Summit meetings and the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue, which 

facilitates meetings between members of the European 

Parliament and the United States Congress on issues of 

mutual concern; 

Whereas, despite representing approximately 12 percent of 

the world’s population, the United States and the European Union together provide more than three-quarters of 

official development assistance worldwide and have established an ongoing Development Dialogue to improve the 

quality and effectiveness of development aid; 

Whereas the United States and the European Union collaborate to promote peace and stability and prevent conflict 

around the world, working together to address conflicts 

including those in Syria and Ukraine and confront global 

security challenges like terrorism, nuclear weapons proliferation, transnational crime, and cybercrime; 

Whereas, in pursuit of an integrated, free, and peaceful Europe, the United States and the European Union have 

worked together to promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Balkans and to advance their cooperation 

with and integration into institutions like NATO and the 

European Union. 

Whereas, in response to its annexation of Crimea and continued aggression in the sovereign nation of Ukraine, the 

United States and the European Union imposed and have 

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nancial costs on the Russian Federation for its illegal actions; 

Whereas, in the face of ongoing threats from terrorism, the 

United States and the European Union cooperate closely 

to target terrorist financing, secure transportation and 

borders, provide mutual assistance with cross-border investigations and extraditions, and share information; and 

Whereas leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have long recognized the value of and expressed their commitment to 

the Transatlantic partnership, including— 

(1) President John F. Kennedy, who said in 1962 

that ‘‘we do not regard a strong and united Europe as 

a rival but as a partner,’’ and asserted that the United 

States believed ‘‘that a united Europe will be capable of 

playing a greater role in the common defense, of responding more generously to the needs of poorer nations, of 

joining with the United States and others in lowering 

trade barriers, resolving problems of commerce, commodities, and currency, and developing coordinated policies in 

all economic, political, and diplomatic areas’’; 

(2) President Ronald Reagan, who addressed the 

European Parliament in 1985 ‘‘to reaffirm to the people 

of Europe the constancy of the American purpose’’ and 

to state that ‘‘America remains . . . dedicated to the 

unity of Europe’’ and ‘‘is at your side today, because, like 

you, we have not veered from the ideals of the West— 

the ideals of freedom, liberty, and peace’’; 

(3) President Barack Obama, who stated in a 2016 

address in Germany that ‘‘the United States, and the entire world, needs a strong and prosperous and democratic 

and united Europe . . . because Europe’s security and 

prosperity is inherently indivisible from our own’’ and 


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recognized that ‘‘Europe helps to uphold the norms and 

rules that can maintain peace and promote prosperity 

around the world’’; and 

(4) Vice President Mike Pence, who asserted that 

‘‘our two continents share the same heritage, the same 

values and above all, the same purpose to promote peace 

and prosperity through freedom, democracy and the rule 

of law’’ and reiterated that the United States ‘‘will stand 

with Europe, today and every day,’’ while traveling in 

Europe in February 2017: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) congratulates the European Union and its 

3 member states on the 60th anniversary of the his4 toric signing of the Treaty of Rome; 

5 (2) commends the European Union for its crit6 ical role in spreading peace, prosperity, and stability 

7 throughout Europe and worldwide, as well as its 

8 close and enduring partnership with the United 

9 States; 

10 (3) recognizes the challenges the European 

11 Union, its Transatlantic partners, and the broader 

12 global community continue to face, including an un13 precedented migration and refugee crisis, increased 

14 Russian aggression and interference, violent extre15 mism, and the rise of nationalist and populist senti16 ment; and 


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1 (4) affirms the desire of the United States Gov2 ernment to strengthen the Transatlantic partnership 

3 with the European Union and its member states. 

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