,,iii #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #bha ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #ca1 #bjac,mr4 ,paul submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,select ,committee on ,intelligence ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of the ,united ,states ,senate that ,president ,obama should issue a statement regarding spying on ,his ,holiness1 ,pope ,francis4 ,whereas public news reports this week indicate that the ,united ,states ,national ,security ,agency monitored millions of phone calls in ,italy in late #bjab and early #bjac2 ,whereas these reports indicate that the ,national ,security ,agency monitored telephone calls made to and from a residence in ,rome where then ,archbishop ,jorge ,mario ,bergoglio stayed during the conclave selecting ,bergoglio1 now known as ,his ,holiness ,pope ,francis1 to succeed ,pope ,benedict ,,xvi2 ,whereas this story has been widely reported in the ,american and international media2 ,whereas the ,national ,security ,agency has reportedly denied the allegations2 and ,whereas these allegations are serious and ,president ,obama should personally address these reports3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the sense of the ,senate that ,president ,obama should directly address the serious allegation whether his administration monitored the calls of ,pope ,francis or the conclave selecting the ,pope4