,,iii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #ddb ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,march #bb1 #bjah ,mr4 ,coons 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,portman1 and ,mrs4 ,shaheen7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,,resolution ,expressing solidarity with the ,united ,kingdom after the nerve agent attack in ,salisbury4 ,whereas the ,united ,states and the ,united ,kingdom have a special relationship grounded in the rule of law1 democratic principles1 a common language1 and a strong commitment to peace and security2 ,whereas1 on ,august #ad1 #aida1 ,president ,franklin ,roosevelt and ,prime ,minister ,winston ,churchill issued the ,atlantic ,charter1 which defined ,american and ,british war aims and laid the foundation for a post-war international system founded on free trade and freedom of the seas that persists to this day2 ,whereas1 on ,march #e1 #aidf1 ,winston ,churchill delivered his ,iron ,curtain ,speech in ,fulton1 ,missouri1 stating1 ,neither the sure prevention of war1 nor the continuous rise of world organization will be gained without what ,i have called the fraternal association of the ,english-speaking peoples ''' a special relationship between the ,british ,commonwealth and ,empire and the ,united ,states42 ,whereas the ,united ,states and the ,united ,kingdom have stood side by side through two ,world ,wars1 the ,korean ,war1 the ,cold ,war1 the ,gulf ,war1 and the ongoing wars in ,iraq and ,afghanistan with ,americans and ,britons fighting and dying together to defend our common interests and principles2 ,whereas the ,united ,states and the ,united ,kingdom have played central roles in the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization 7,,nato7 and are critical to maintaining its future strength2 ,whereas1 in the #aigjs and #aihjs1 scientists in the ,soviet ,union developed a group of advanced nerve agents1 known as ,novichok1 designed to escape detection by international inspectors2 ,whereas ,russia is party to the ,convention on the ,prohibition of the ,development1 ,production1 ,stockpiling and ,use of ,chemical ,weapons and on their ,destruction1 done at ,paris ,january #ac1 #aiic 7commonly known as the ,chemical ,weapons ,convention71 which clearly prohibits the production and use of chemical weapons2 ,whereas former ,russian spy ,alexander ,litvinenko was killed by a radioactive substance in ,london in ,november #bjjf1 and an inquiry by the ,government of the ,united ,kingdom found that ,president of the ,russian ,federation ,vladimir ,putin probably approved the murder2 ,whereas1 on ,march #d1 #bjah1 ,sergei ,skripal and his daughter1 ,yulia ,skripal1 were found unconscious on a park bench in ,salisbury1 ,united ,kingdom2 ,whereas dozens of ,british civilians and first responders were exposed to the nerve agent1 a ,british police officer who responded to the attack remains seriously ill1 and the lives of innocent ,british citizens and residents of ,salisbury have been endangered2 ,whereas1 on ,march #ab1 #bjah1 ,theresa ,may1 ,prime ,minister of the ,united ,kingdom1 in a speech before the ,house of ,commons1 noted that the attack was conducted with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by ,russia4 ,this is part of a group of nerve agents known as ,novichok2 ,whereas1 on ,march #ab1 #bjah1 ,secretary of ,state ,rex ,tillerson noted the nerve agent came from ,russia and does not exist widely1 and that its use would certainly trigger a response2 ,whereas1 on ,march #ad1 #bjah1 the ,united ,kingdom expelled #bc ,russian diplomats identified as undeclared intelligence officers2 ,whereas1 on ,march #ad1 #bjah1 ,united ,states ,ambassador to the ,united ,nations ,nikki ,haley said the ,united ,states stands in absolute solidarity with the ,united ,kingdom and that the ,united ,states believes that ,russia is responsible for the attack2 and ,whereas1 on ,march #ae1 #bjah1 the ,united ,states1 the ,united ,kingdom1 ,france1 and ,germany issued a joint statement and noted the incident constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in ,europe since the ,second ,world ,war and that there is no plausible alternative explanation to ,russia's responsibility for the attack3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 reaffirms the special relationship between the ,united ,states and the ,united ,kingdom2 7#b7 expresses its solidarity with the people of ,salisbury and the ,united ,kingdom2 7#c7 reiterates its commitment to collective defense and security through ,,nato2 7#d7 wishes for the full recovery of ,sergei ,skripal1 his daughter1 and the ,british police official seriously injured in the attack2 7#e7 condemns the indiscriminate and reckless assault by the ,government of the ,russian ,federation on ,united ,kingdom sovereignty1 and notes that any use of a nerve agent by a state party is a clear contravention of the ,chemical ,weapons ,convention and a violation of international law2 7#f7 calls on the ,government of the ,russian ,federation to fully and completely answer questions related to the chemical attack and also provide full and comprehensive disclosure of its ,novichok program to the ,organization for the ,prohibition of ,chemical ,weapons 7,,opcw72 and 7#g7 urges the ,president of the ,united ,states to personally condemn the attack in clear1 unambiguous terms and to take proportionate1 measured1 and defensive retaliatory actions against the ,government of the ,russian ,federation in coordination with ,united ,states allies in ,europe4