Full Text of SR0094 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, All Americans agree that Russia's deliberate
| 3 | | interference in our nation's democratic processes is a matter | 4 | | of grave
national security; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Recently disclosed United States intelligence | 6 | | findings have
reported that Russia interfered in the 2016 | 7 | | presidential election
and sought to undermine our democratic | 8 | | institutions; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, On January 6, 2017, an Intelligence Community | 10 | | assessment
entitled "Assessing Russian Activities and | 11 | | Intentions in Recent U.S.
Elections" assessed that "Russian | 12 | | President Vladimir Putin ordered an
influence campaign in 2016 | 13 | | aimed at the U.S. presidential election"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The same assessment warns that "Moscow will apply
| 15 | | lessons learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the | 16 | | U.S.
Presidential election to future influence efforts | 17 | | worldwide, including
against U.S. allies and their election | 18 | | processes"; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, As a result, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin,
Senate | 20 | | Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, and
all | 21 | | committee Democrats have called for an independent, bipartisan
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| 1 | | commission or a select committee of Congress to investigate | 2 | | these
allegations of Russian interference; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The National Intelligence Estimate is the formal,
| 4 | | authoritative assessment of the Director of National | 5 | | Intelligence
related to a particular national security issue, | 6 | | which reflects the
collective judgment of the nation's 17 | 7 | | intelligence agencies; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The public also needs assurance that federal law
| 9 | | enforcement is actively investigating these matters and that, | 10 | | if the
investigation finds evidence that Russian officials | 11 | | perpetrated or
directed such acts, appropriate criminal | 12 | | charges and sanctions will
be announced and enforced; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, It is also clear that the American public needs
| 14 | | confirmation that America's next Attorney General would | 15 | | continue any
investigation on this matter, independent of | 16 | | directives by the White
House to terminate it; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge a full | 19 | | bipartisan investigation by
Congress and support the call for a | 20 | | National Intelligence Estimate
(NIE) to determine the extent of | 21 | | Russian intervention in the 2016
United States presidential | 22 | | election, because this issue requires the
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| 1 | | executive and legislative branches alike, and a
conclusive, | 2 | | public national intelligence estimate will lay out the
facts | 3 | | for the American people; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Majority | 6 | | Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck | 7 | | Schumer, U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, U.S. House of | 8 | | Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and all members | 9 | | of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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