H. Res. 37 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 20, 2015. 

Whereas, on January 7, 2015, armed radical Islamist terrorists stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie 

Hebdo and slaughtered twelve people, including editorial 

staff of the paper, a visitor, a security guard, a maintenance worker, and a Muslim police officer; 

Whereas terrorists Cherif and Said Kouachi, who carried out 

the attack, were located and killed by police two days 

later and their hostages rescued; 

Whereas Amedy Coulibaly killed a female police officer on 

January 8, 2015, and intentionally targeted a kosher supermarket, taking multiple hostages and murdering four 

Jewish men on January 9, 2015, before French police 

raided the store, killed Coulibaly, and rescued the surviving hostages; 

Whereas Amedy Coulibaly stated that he had worked in coordination with Said and Cherif Kouachi and called them 

‘‘brothers from our team’’; 

Whereas Hayat Boumeddiene, a fourth suspect connected 

with the attack and the common-law wife of Amedy 

Coulibaly, remains at large; 

Whereas the Kouachi brothers are believed to have traveled 

to Yemen in 2011 where they are reported to have re-
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ceived weapons training and met with Anwar al-Awlaki, 

a senior member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; 

Whereas al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed credit 

for the Charlie Hebdo attack; 

Whereas Amedy Coulibaly claimed to be a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; 

Whereas radical Islamist terrorist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, al-Qaeda and its affiliates worldwide, the Taliban and Haqqani network in 

Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ansar al-Sharia in Libya, 

Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Shabaab in Somalia, 

Hizballah in Lebanon and Syria, Hamas in Gaza, and 

others, pose a growing threat to international peace and 

stability; 

Whereas these terrorist attacks represent an assault on fundamental principles essential to a democratic society, including the universal right to free expression and freedom 

of religion; 

Whereas the increase in anti-Semitic attacks in France and 

throughout Europe remains of great concern; 

Whereas the United States and France share a longstanding 

cultural, political, and economic relationship that has 

greatly benefitted both nations; 

Whereas since the founding of our Nation, France has been 

an ally of the United States, and French soldiers have 

fought side-by-side with American soldiers throughout 

history, including during two World Wars; 

Whereas security cooperation between the United States and 

France plays an essential role in combating violent extremism in West and North Africa, the Middle East and 

around the world; and 
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Whereas the United States is committed to supporting its 

oldest ally France in this difficult time: Now, therefore, 

be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) condemns the recent terrorist attacks in Paris 

that resulted in the tragic loss of seventeen innocent 

lives; 

(2) extends its deepest sympathies to all those affected by this tragedy; 

(3) supports the efforts of the Government of 

France to ensure that all of those individuals who committed or supported these attacks are brought to justice; 

(4) remains concerned regarding the flow of foreign 

fighters to and from the Middle East and West and 

North Africa and the threat posed by these individuals 

upon their return to their local communities; 

(5) appreciates and supports France’s continuing 

efforts to combat terrorism and promote stability 

throughout the Middle East and West and North Africa; 

(6) appreciates France’s contributions to the multilateral effort to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

Levant; 

(7) recognizes the growing threat posed by radical 

Islamist terrorist groups worldwide and reaffirms the 

commitment of the United States to the multilateral, 

global fight against such violent extremists; 
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(8) calls upon all nations to join a global effort to 

combat violent extremist ideologies and terrorist groups; 

and 

(9) remains committed to the defense of free expression, including religious freedom, as well as other 

universal values that terrorists seek to destroy through 

a campaign of cowardly threats and reprehensible violence. 

Attest: 

Clerk.