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State of Arkansas 1
93rd General Assembly 2
Fiscal Session, 2022 SCR 2 3
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By: Senators T. Garner, Gilmore, B. Ballinger, D. Sullivan, M. Johnson, B. Davis, Beckham, G. 5
Stubblefield, K. Hammer 6
By: Representatives Pilkington, Underwood, Jett, Boyd 7
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 9
TO CONDEMN THE ACTIO NS OF THE RUSSIAN FE DERATION 10
TAKEN AGAINST THE SO VEREIGN NATION OF UK RAINE AND TO 11
CALL FOR ACTION FROM THE UNITED STATES TO PENALIZE 12
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATI ON AND DETER SIMILAR CONDUCT FROM 13
OTHER NATIONS. 14
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TO CONDEMN THE ACTIO NS OF THE RUSSIAN 18
FEDERATION TAKEN AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN 19
NATION OF UKRAINE AND TO CALL FOR ACTION 20
FROM THE UNITED STATES TO PENALIZE THE 21
RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND DETER SIMILAR 22
CONDUCT FROM OTHER NATIONS. 23
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WHEREAS, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an 26
unprovoked invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine; and 27
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WHEREAS, the United States has the ability to take economic actions 29
against the Russian Federation and its leaders who are responsible for this 30
unjust invasion of the sove reign nation of Ukraine; and 31
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WHEREAS, the United States can expel Russian oligarchs, freeze assets 33
of Russian oligarchs and political leaders who supported the invasion of the 34
sovereign nation of Ukraine, and take other similar actions to deter further 35
unprovoked aggression from the Russian Federation against its neighbors and 36 SCR2
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to penalize the Russian Federation for its unjust invasion of the sovereign 1
nation of Ukraine; and 2
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WHEREAS, if the United States fails to adequately respond to the 4
actions of the Russian Federation, other countries may be emboldened to take 5
similar actions, such as the People's Republic of China taking similar 6
actions against the democratic nation of Taiwan, 7
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NOW THEREFORE, 9
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 10
STATE OF ARKANSAS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN: 11
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THAT the General Assembly: 13
(a) Support the people of the sovereign nation of Ukraine and condemn 14
the actions of the Russian Federation taken against the sovereign natio n of 15
Ukraine; 16
(b) Call for the United States to expel Russian oligarchs, freeze 17
assets of Russian oligarchs and political leaders who supported the invasion 18
of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, and take all other similar actions that 19
would deter the Russi an Federation from further unprovoked aggression towards 20
its neighbors and to penalize the Russian Federation for its unjust invasion 21
of the sovereign nation of Ukraine; 22
(c) Call for the United States to place sanctions on Russian oil and 23
other natural resources; 24
(d) Call for the United States to take steps to increase the amount of 25
non-Russian oil available to the United States and other countries, including 26
increasing the production of domestic oil and reauthorizing the Keystone 27
Pipeline; and 28
(e) Support the people of Taiwan and free people everywhere and call 29
on the United States to adequately respond to the Russian Federation’s 30
actions so as to deter others from unprovoked aggression toward their 31
neighbors. 32
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon its ado ption, a copy of this resolution be 34
presented to President Joseph Biden; United States Senate Majority Leader 35
Chuck Schumer; United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; Speaker 36 SCR2
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of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; United St ates 1
House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; United States 2
Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton; and United States Representatives 3
French Hill, Rick Crawford, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman by the 4
Secretary of the Senate. 5
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