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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 15 

Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate 

thoroughly the nature and extent of Russian interference in the 2016 

presidential election, including whether there was collusion between persons associated with the Russian government and persons associated 

with the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the 

outcome of the election. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2017 

Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 

Ms. LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 

Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Asserting that Congress should expend the resources necessary to investigate thoroughly the nature and extent 

of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, 

including whether there was collusion between persons 

associated with the Russian government and persons associated with the presidential campaign of Donald J. 

Trump to influence the outcome of the election. 

Whereas the intelligence community of the United States of 

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fered in the 2016 presidential election for the purpose of 

increasing the chances that Donald J. Trump would be 

elected President; 

Whereas the intelligence community consists of dedicated professionals who have served in both Republican and Democratic administrations; 

Whereas Donald J. Trump has repeatedly mocked intelligence 

officials and rejected the conclusions of the intelligence 

community; 

Whereas the Russian government was responsible for 

cyberattacks against persons affiliated with the Democratic Party and the presidential campaign of Hillary 

Clinton; 

Whereas, in July of 2016, Donald J. Trump publicly encouraged Russian operatives to conduct cyberattacks against 

Hillary Clinton, his political opponent; 

Whereas, on December 29, 2016, President Barack Obama 

announced sanctions in response to the Russian government’s cyber operations aimed at the 2016 presidential 

election, and these sanctions affected nine entities and individuals affiliated with the Russian government, including the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the Russian government, one other Russian intelligence service, 

four individual officers of the GRU, and three companies 

that provided material support to the GRU’s cyber operations; 

Whereas, on December 29, 2016, President Barack Obama 

expelled 35 Russian government officials who had failed 

to act in a manner consistent with their diplomatic status 

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owned compounds, one in Maryland and one in New 

York; 

Whereas Donald J. Trump responded to the Obama Administration’s sanctions against Russia by announcing, ‘‘It’s 

time for our country to move on to bigger and better 

things.’’; 

Whereas, on January 3, 2017, Donald J. Trump derided intelligence officials who were scheduled to brief him on 

Russian cyberactivity, suggesting in a tweet that they delayed the briefing because they needed more time ‘‘to 

build a case.’’; 

Whereas, on January 4, 2017, Donald J. Trump attempted 

to discredit the intelligence community’s conclusions by 

quoting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a tweet; 

Whereas Donald J. Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin following the latter’s announcement that he 

would not oust American diplomats in response to President Obama’s decision to expel 35 Russian government 

officials, saying in a tweet, ‘‘I always knew he was 

smart!’’; 

Whereas Sean Spicer, Donald J. Trump’s press secretary, 

said on January 2, 2017, ‘‘There is zero evidence that 

they influenced the election.’’; 

Whereas Sean Spicer also said there should be more focus on 

‘‘punishing’’ Hillary Clinton instead of Russia’s cyber activities; 

Whereas Donald J. Trump praised Vladimir Putin for sending him a Christmas greeting, which he called, ‘‘A very 

nice letter from Vladimir Putin.’’; 


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Whereas Donald J. Trump has surrounded himself with advisors who have extensive ties with the Russian government; 

Whereas Paul Manafort, Donald J. Trump’s former campaign manager, was a paid lobbyist for Viktor 

Yanukovych, the pro-Russian politician in Ukraine who 

fled to Russia in 2014 and was subjected to United 

States sanctions related to Russian aggression in 

Ukraine, and Manafort has also been involved in multimillion dollar business deals with Russian and Ukrainian 

oligarchs, which reportedly were the subject of an inquiry 

by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

Whereas Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald J. 

Trump’s National Security Advisor, did a paid series of 

events in Moscow, including a speech and appearance at 

a party for RT, a Kremlin-funded TV station, where he 

was photographed sitting next to Vladimir Putin; 

Whereas Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, was a business partner of Viktor 

Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch and ally of Vladimir 

Putin, in a major financial project involving the Bank of 

Cyprus; 

Whereas Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, 

Rex Tillerson, the former Chief Executive Officer of 

ExxonMobil, signed a multibillion dollar agreement with 

Russia in 2011 on behalf of ExxonMobil for an oil drilling project in the Arctic, which was brought to a halt in 

2014 as a result of sanctions that were imposed on Russia in response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and 

moreover, Rex Tillerson was awarded the ‘‘Order of 

Friendship’’ by Vladimir Putin in 2013; 


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Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

issued an Intelligence Community Assessment on January 6, 2017, the declassified version of which stated that 

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence 

campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election, 

the goals of which ‘‘were to undermine public faith in the 

US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and 

harm her electability and potential presidency.’’; 

Whereas the declassified version of the Intelligence Community Assessment stated that the intelligence community 

has high confidence in this judgment; 

Whereas the declassified version of the Intelligence Community Assessment also stated, ‘‘Putin and the Russian 

Government aspired to help President-elect Donald J. 

Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting 

Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.’’; 

Whereas the declassified version of the Intelligence Community Assessment stated that the CIA and the FBI have 

high confidence in this judgment and the NSA has moderate confidence; 

Whereas it was reported by American news media that intelligence community officials presented to Donald J. 

Trump classified documents that included allegations 

that there was a continuing exchange of information during the presidential campaign between persons affiliated 

with Donald J. Trump and persons affiliated with the 

Russian government and allegations that Russian 

operatives claimed to possess compromising personal and 

financial information about Donald J. Trump; 


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Whereas following the news reports, Donald J. Trump ridiculed intelligence agencies in a tweet that said, ‘‘Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news 

to ‘leak’ into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in Nazi Germany?’’; 

Whereas James Comey, the Director of the FBI, during testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 

on January 10, 2017, refused to say whether there was 

contact between persons affiliated with Donald J. Trump 

and the Russian government during the presidential campaign or whether the FBI was investigating the issue; 

Whereas the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence issued a joint 

statement on January 20, 2017, announcing that the 

Committee will investigate ‘‘intelligence regarding links 

between Russia and individuals associated with political 

campaigns’’ as part of an investigation into Russian 

cyberattacks and election meddling; 

Whereas the chairman and ranking minority member of the 

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

issued a joint statement on January 25, 2017, announcing that the Committee has undertaken a bipartisan inquiry into the underlying intelligence used to draft the 

Intelligence Community Assessment, ‘‘Russian Activities 

and Intentions in Recent US Elections’’, and the scope 

of this inquiry includes, ‘‘Russian cyber activity and 

other ‘active measures’ directed against the U.S. and its 

allies’’ and ‘‘Counterintelligence concerns related to Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, including any intelligence 

regarding links between Russia and individuals associated 

with political campaigns’’; and 


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Whereas the American people have a right to know whether 

there was collusion between persons affiliated with Donald J. Trump and the Russian government to influence 

the outcome of the 2016 election: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That— 

3 (1) Donald J. Trump won the 2016 presidential 

4 election with the assistance and interference of the 

5 Russian government; and 

6 (2) Congress should expend the resources nec7 essary to investigate thoroughly— 

8 (A) the nature and extent of Russian inter9 ference in the 2016 presidential election; 

10 (B) whether, and to what extent, there was 

11 collusion between persons associated with the 

12 Russian government and persons associated, 

13 formally or informally, with the presidential 

14 campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the 

15 outcome of the 2016 election; 

16 (C) whether, and to what extent, persons 

17 associated with the presidential campaign of 

18 Donald J. Trump were aware of Russian inter19 ference in the 2016 election; 

20 (D) whether, and to what extent, persons 

21 associated with the presidential campaign of 

22 Donald J. Trump were given information by 


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1 persons associated with the Russian government 

2 concerning cyberattacks on citizens of the 

3 United States, including persons affiliated with 

4 the Democratic Party or the presidential cam5 paign of Hillary Clinton; 

6 (E) whether, and to what extent, persons 

7 associated with the presidential campaign of 

8 Donald J. Trump encouraged cyberattacks or 

9 other forms of espionage against persons affili10 ated with the Democratic Party or the presi11 dential campaign of Hillary Clinton; and 

12 (F) whether, and to what extent, persons 

13 associated with the presidential campaign of 

14 Donald J. Trump aided or assisted persons as15 sociated with the Russian government in the 

16 proliferation of misinformation intended to in17 fluence the 2016 election. 

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