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Whereas on March 7, 2018, police in the United Kingdom 
stated that a nerve agent was used to attack the Skripals 
and that they were treating the case as attempted mur-
der; 
Whereas on March 12, 2018, the Prime Minister of the 
United Kingdom, Theresa May, publicly accused Russia 
of using a military grade nerve agent and warned of re-
sponse, including suspension of high-level contacts, asset 
freezes, responses by the United Nations and the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and possible cov-
ert action pending an accounting of the attack from the 
Government of the Russian Federation; 
Whereas on March 13, 2018, Russia called the charge ‘‘non-
sense’’ and rejected the ultimatum to account for the at-
tack, warning of repercussions if Prime Minister May 
took punitive measures; 
Whereas on March 13, 2018, the President of the United 
States, Donald Trump, spoke with Prime Minister May 
and stated that ‘‘the United States stands in solidarity 
with its closest ally and is ready to provide any assistance 
the United Kingdom requests for its investigation’’ and 
that ‘‘the Government of the Russian Federation must 
provide unambiguous answers regarding how this chem-
ical weapon, developed in Russia, came to be used in the 
United Kingdom’’; 
Whereas on March 14, 2018, Prime Minister May ordered 23 
Russian ‘‘undeclared intelligence agents’’ expelled from 
the United Kingdom; 
Whereas on March 14, 2018, United States Ambassador to 
the United Nations Nikki Haley stated before an emer-
gency session of the United Nations Security Council 
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that ‘‘this is a defining moment . . . One member stands 
accused of using a chemical weapon on the sovereign soil 
of another. The credibility of this council will not survive 
if we fail to hold Russia to account’’; 
Whereas on March 14, 2018, President Trump stated that 
‘‘the United States shares the United Kingdom’s assess-
ment that Russia is responsible for the reckless nerve 
agent attack on a British citizen and his daughter’’ and 
that ‘‘this latest action by Russia fits into a pattern of 
behavior in which Russia disregards the international 
rules-based order, undermines the sovereignty and secu-
rity of countries worldwide, and attempts to subvert and 
discredit Western democratic institutions and processes’’; 
Whereas the United Kingdom maintains productive bilateral 
and multilateral ties with the United States, NATO al-
lies, and the European Union; 
Whereas the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and Nick 
Bailey is part of pattern of action through which Russia 
has shown a disdain for the sovereignty of other nations 
and the rules-based international order; 
Whereas Russia continues to attempt to interfere with and 
undermine democratic processes and institutions in the 
United Kingdom, the United States, and their allies 
around the globe; 
Whereas Russia provided no credible explanation for the 
events on March 4, 2018, and showed contempt for the 
gravity of the issue; 
Whereas Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin said 
he ‘‘couldn’t care less’’ if Russia interfered in the affairs 
of these countries; 
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Whereas in November 2006, Alexander Litvinenko was also 
assassinated in London from radioactive poisoning by two 
agents of the Federal Security Service of the Russian 
Federation (FSB); and 
Whereas Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin stated 
in 2010 ‘‘Traitors will kick the bucket. Trust me. These 
people betrayed their friends, their brothers in arms. 
Whatever they got in exchange for it, those thirty pieces 
of silver they were given, they will choke on them.’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That — 
(1) the House of Representatives condemns the 
attack on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intel-
ligence officer, and his daughter Yulia on March 4, 
2018, and extends its sympathies to those affected 
by the attack; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that— 
(A) the United Kingdom remains a vital 
partner to the United States and the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO); 
(B) Russian aggression across all domains 
should not be tolerated or accepted; 
(C) the United States stands in firm part-
nership with the United Kingdom in this and 
many other matters; 
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(D) the United States, its allies, and part-
ners must unite in confronting this threat and 
in holding Russia to account for its violation of 
international security and nonproliferation re-
gimes; 
(E) the United States would support addi-
tional measures, including the expulsion of Rus-
sian diplomats in response to acts of aggres-
sion; and 
(F) there should be consequences for any 
who use chemical or biological weapons in viola-
tion of international norms and agreements. 
Æ 
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