,,iv #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ajba ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #bd1 #bjah,ms4 ,jackson ,lee submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to the ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence 7,permanent ,select71 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,,resolution ,calling upon any agreement reached between the ,president and ,vladimir ,putin at their meeting in ,helsinki1 ,finland1 to be approved by ,congress4 ,whereas the strength of the ,american constitutional system designed in #aghg in ,philadelphia is the ,national ,government's separated powers in which the legislative1 executive1 and judicial branches serve as checks and counterbalances on each other1 and fidelity to the rule of law is the highest value and responsibility2 ,whereas ,united ,states intelligence agencies concluded in #bjaf that ,russia was behind an effort to tip the scale of the ,united ,states ,presidential election against ,democratic ,presidential candidate ,hillary ,clinton1 with a state-authorized campaign of cyberattacks and fake news stories planted on social media2 ,whereas1 in late ,july #bjaf1 the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation 7,,fbi7 opened an investigation into the hacking of the ,democratic ,national ,committee's emails1 which the ,united ,states intelligence community would attribute to the ,russian ,government2 ,whereas an ,intelligence ,community ,assessment 7,,ica7 issued in ,january #bjag concluded that ,russian efforts to influence the #bjaf ,united ,states ,presidential election represented the most recent expression of the ,russian ,government's longstanding objective to undermine the ,united ,states-led ,western ,alliance and international democratic order1 and that these activities demonstrated a significant escalation in directness1 level of activity1 and scope of effort compared to previous operations2 ,whereas the ,,ica assessed that ,russian ,federation ,president ,vladimir ,putin ordered a disinformation campaign in #bjaf aimed at influencing the outcome of the ,united ,states ,presidential election and that ,russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the ,united ,states democratic process1 undermine the ,presidential campaign of ,democratic candidate ,hillary ,clinton1 and facilitate the election of ,president ,putin's preferred candidate1 ,donald ,j4 ,trump2 ,whereas ,russian interference in the election processes of democratic countries is not new but instead a continuation of the ,translator ,project1 an ongoing information warfare effort launched by ,russian ,federation ,president ,putin in #bjad to use social media to manipulate public opinion and voters in ,western democracies2 ,whereas1 on ,july #bg1 #bjaf1 ,russian military intelligence agents made their first effort to break into the servers used by ,mrs4 ,clinton's personal office1 a burglary occurring immediately following then-,republican ,presidential nominee ,donald ,j4 ,trump's direct appeal to ,russia to hack the ,clinton campaign's servers1 saying1 ,russia1 if you're listening1 ,i hope you're able to find the #cj1jjj emails that are missing1 referring to ,secretary of ,state ,hillary ,clinton's emails2 ,whereas the ,department of ,justice investigation led by ,special ,counsel ,robert ,mueller into the ,russian conspiracy to defraud the ,united ,states by sabotaging the #bjaf ,presidential election is still ongoing2 ,whereas at least #ab ,trump campaign officials and associates had contacts with ,russians during the campaign or transition1 with at least #ai face-to-face interactions with ,russians or ,kremlin-linked figures and at least #ea individual communications2 ,whereas senior ,trump campaign officials known to have had contact with ,russians include the ,president's son-in-law and adviser1 ,jared ,kushner1 his son ,donald ,j4 ,trump1 ,jr41 former ,national ,security ,advisor ,michael ,flynn1 ,attorney ,general ,jefferson ,beauregard ,sessions1 and ,trump ,national ,campaign ,chairman ,paul ,d4 ,manafort2 ,whereas the ,special ,counsel has1 to date1 indicted #cb persons1 including #d ,trump campaign or administration officials1 as well as #be ,russian nationals and #c ,russian companies2 ,whereas the ,special ,counsel has obtained indictments against ,trump ,campaign ,national ,chairman ,paul ,d4 ,manafort1 ,deputy ,campaign ,chairman and ,manafort business partner ,rick ,gates1 ,michael ,flynn1 ,trump campaign official and the first ,national ,security ,advisor to the ,president of the ,united ,states1 ,george ,papadopoulos1 ,trump campaign foreign policy adviser1 ,alex van der ,zwaan1 a lawyer who lied to the ,,fbi about his dealings with ,rick ,gates and was jailed for #cj days1 ,richard ,pinedo1 who has pleaded guilty to identity thefts to facilitate the ,russian conspiracy1 and ,konstantin ,kilimnik1 a ,russian national and business associate of ,paul ,d4 ,manafort2 ,whereas1 on ,february #af1 #bjah1 #ac ,russian nationals connected to the ,internet ,research ,agency 7,,ira71 a ,russian troll factory1 including ,yevgeny ,prigozhin1 an associate of ,vladimir ,putin1 were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the ,united ,states by spreading fake news stories through ,united ,states social media2 ,whereas1 on ,july #ac1 #bjah1 #ab ,russian military intelligence officers were charged with hacking the ,democratic ,national ,committee1 the ,clinton ,presidential campaign1 and the ,democratic ,congressional ,campaign ,committee using spear phishing emails and malicious software2 ,whereas ,maria ,butina1 a ,russian national1 was indicted for unlawfully acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government1 for working under the direction of ,alexander ,torchin in furtherance of a plan backed by the ,russian ,foreign ,ministry to co-opt influential leaders of the ,republican ,party and conservative organizations like the ,national ,rifle ,association and the ,fellowship ,foundation1 which hosts the ,national ,prayer ,breakfast2 ,whereas the ,department of ,homeland ,security and the ,,fbi issued a joint alert in ,march of #bjah stating that ,russian government cyber actors have been targeting ,united ,states critical infrastructure sectors1 including energy1 nuclear1 and commercial facilities1 since at least ,march #bjaf2 ,whereas the ,russian ,government is known to have targeted the same critical infrastructure sectors of ,ukraine shortly before interfering in the elections of that nation2 ,whereas in addition to the ,justice ,department investigation led by ,special ,counsel ,mueller1 there are three pending congressional investigations probing ,russian interference in the #bjaf ,presidential election2 ,whereas1 on ,july #ba1 #bjag1 ,the ,washington ,post reported that lawyers representing the ,president of the ,united ,states are exploring ways to limit or undercut ,special ,counsel ,mueller's ,russia investigation and that the ,president himself had asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides1 family members and even himself in connection with the probe2 ,whereas at the meeting in ,helsinki1 ,finland1 rather than embracing the conclusions of the intelligence community1 the ,president of the ,united ,states sided with ,president ,putin in heaping scorn on the ,,ica regarding ,russian interference and called ,special ,counsel ,robert ,mueller's investigation into ,russia's interference the greatest political witch hunt in history2 ,whereas at their postmeeting joint press conference in ,helsinki1 ,president ,putin stated that in order for him to permit the ,special ,counsel to question the #ab ,russian military intelligence agents indicted for conspiracy to defraud the ,united ,states1 the ,united ,states must reciprocate by making available for interrogation by ,russian authorities a former ,united ,states ,ambassador to ,russia and #aa other persons1 an offensive suggestion that the ,president of the ,united ,states nonetheless characterized favorably as an incredible offer2 ,whereas prior to the ,july #bjah meeting in ,helsinki1 ,finland1 ,americans have become increasingly concerned regarding the cozy relationship between the ,president of the ,united ,states and the leader of its most formidable adversary1 ,president ,putin1 whose actions or conduct the ,president of the ,united ,states has found no reason to criticize or condemn1 notwithstanding his well-documented propensity to attack1 criticize1 and disrespect other persons at will1 from the leaders of ,america's most stalwart allies to private citizens he dislikes2 ,whereas ,trump and ,putin agreed to meet again following the meeting in ,helsinki1 with ,trump ultimately inviting ,putin to the ,white ,house in the fall2 ,whereas the nature1 extent1 and scope of the agreements reached in the ,trump-,putin secret meeting held in ,helsinki announced by ,russian authorities remain unknown to senior ,united ,states national security and defense officials1 including the ,director of ,national ,intelligence2 ,whereas the ,president of the ,united ,states has blamed tensions with ,russia on many years of ,u4,s4 foolishness and stupidity1 stating that the ,united ,states relationship with ,russia has ,,never been worse - including periods like the ,cuban missile crisis1 and the wars in ,korea and ,vietnam2 ,whereas following the meeting in ,helsinki1 ,russia's ambassador to the ,united ,states1 ,anatoly ,antonov1 stated that important verbal agreements were reached between the ,president of the ,united ,states and the ,president of the ,russian ,federation2 ,whereas such purported agreements include the preservation of the ,new ,,start and ,,inf agreements and major bilateral arms control treaties2 ,whereas according to media reports the ,president of the ,united ,states did not raise with ,president ,putin the causes contributing to ,united ,states-,russia tension1 including ,russia's annexation of ,crimea and support for the rebels in ,ukraine1 its continued support of the ,assad regime in ,syria1 its interference in the elections in the ,united ,states and ,europe1 the nerve agent poisonings in the ,united ,kingdom1 and ,russia's opposition to article ,v of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty2 ,whereas ,russia is claiming that it is has reached agreements with the ,president of the ,united ,states that favor the ,kremlin's interests without any disputation or confirmation from the ,president of the ,united ,states to his national security advisors1 the ,congress1 or the ,american people2 and ,whereas to protect the vital interests of the ,united ,states1 any agreements reached in ,helsinki between the ,president of the ,united ,states and the ,russian ,federation ,president in their secret meeting in ,helsinki must be subjected to congressional scrutiny and approval3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 strongly disapproves of the ,president's failure to support the assessment of the intelligence community that agents and entities of or allied with the ,government of the ,russian ,federation conspired to interfere1 and did interfere1 with the #bjaf ,presidential election1 acting under the direction and with the approval of ,president ,vladimir ,putin1 for the purpose of facilitating the election of their preferred ,presidential candidate1 ,donald ,j4 ,trump2 7#b7 strongly opposes any future secret meetings between the ,president of the ,united ,states and ,russian ,president ,vladimir ,putin2 and 7#c7 calls upon the ,president to submit any agreement reached with ,russian ,president ,putin in ,helsinki to the ,congress for review and approval4