*AJR034* 2/28/2022 8:05:55 AM AJR034 State of Arkansas 1 93rd General Assembly 2 Fiscal Session, 2022 SR 27 3 4 By: Senators J. Hendren, K. Ingram, Elliott, Hickey 5 6 SENATE RESOLUTION 7 TO CONDEMN THE ACTIO NS OF THE RUSSIAN FE DERATION 8 TAKEN AGAINST THE SO VEREIGN NATION OF UK RAINE AND TO 9 CALL FOR ACTION FROM THE UNITED STATES. 10 11 12 Subtitle 13 TO CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN 14 FEDERATION TAKEN AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN 15 NATION OF UKRAINE AND TO CALL FOR ACTION 16 FROM THE UNITED STATES. 17 18 19 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 20 STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 22 WHEREAS, On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an 23 unprovoked invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine; and 24 25 WHEREAS, the United States has the ability to take economic actions 26 against the Russian Federation and its leaders who are responsible for t his 27 unjust invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine; and 28 29 WHEREAS, the United States can expel Russian oligarchs, freeze assets 30 of Russian oligarchs and political leaders who supported the invasion of the 31 sovereign nation of Ukraine, and take other sim ilar actions to deter further 32 unprovoked aggression from the Russian Federation against its neighbors and 33 to penalize the Russian Federation for its unjust invasion of the sovereign 34 nation of Ukraine, 35 36 SR27 2 2/28/2022 8:05:55 AM AJR034 NOW THEREFORE, 1 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NI NETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 2 STATE OF ARKANSAS: 3 4 THAT the Senate condemn the actions of the Russian Federation taken 5 against the sovereign nation of Ukraine and call for the United States to 6 expel Russian oligarchs, freeze assets of Russian oligarch s and political 7 leaders who supported the invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, and 8 take all other similar actions that would deter the Russian Federation from 9 further unprovoked aggression towards its neighbors and to penalize the 10 Russian Federation for its unjust invasion of the sovereign nation of 11 Ukraine. 12 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon its adoption, a copy of this resolution be 14 presented to President Joseph Biden; United States Senate Majority Leader 15 Chuck Schumer; United States Senate Minor ity Leader Mitch McConnell; Speaker 16 of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; United States 17 House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; United States 18 Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton; and United States Representatives 19 French Hill, Rick Crawford, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman by the 20 Secretary of the Senate. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36