IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 91 
Reaffirming the robust commitment of the House of Representatives to the 
importance of the United States-Greek strategic partnership. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the robust commitment of the House of Rep-
resentatives to the importance of the United States- 
Greek strategic partnership. 
Whereas, on December 13, 2018, Secretary of State Michael 
Pompeo and Greek Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs 
Georgios Katrougalos launched a strategic dialogue and 
reaffirmed the importance of the United States-Greek re-
lationship; 
Whereas history, security, commerce, and shared democratic 
values underpin a close relationship between the United 
States and Greece; 
Whereas the United States and Greece have a dual interest 
in many concerns, including independent energy supply 
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sources and national security, particularly given the stra-
tegic geographic location of Greece; 
Whereas Greece is playing a key stabilizing role in a turbu-
lent wider region and is a reliable, trustworthy, predict-
able, and stable ally and partner of the United States, 
promoting crucial regional synergies and cooperation, in-
cluding with respect to Cyprus and Israel; 
Whereas the United States and Greece encourage and sup-
port funding for excess armaments to bolster Greek na-
tional security; 
Whereas the United States and Greece cooperate extensively 
within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 
where Greece has consistently committed an excess of 2 
percent of its Gross Domestic Product to defense; 
Whereas Greece has been an ally of the United States in law 
enforcement and the global war on terror, and has proven 
its willingness and determination to participate in a num-
ber of crucial NATO missions, including in Afghanistan; 
Whereas the United States and Greece express strong dis-
approval of provocative statements designed to interfere 
with either country’s national security interests; 
Whereas the United States and Greece have a strong com-
mercial relationship, with $2.2 billion in trade between 
the two countries in 2017; 
Whereas the United States and Greece continue to encourage 
cross-private investments to bolster both economies; and 
Whereas people to people programs between the United 
States and Greece have been and will continue to be a 
staple of the relationship between the two countries: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms its robust commitment to the im-
portance of the United States-Greek strategic part-
nership; 
(2) applauds Secretary of State Pompeo and 
Greek Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs 
Katrougalos for initiating the strategic dialogue; 
(3) encourages greater security collaboration 
between the two countries in the area of defense; 
and 
(4) supports an increased focus by the two 
countries on energy, economic development, and peo-
ple to people programs. 
Æ 
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