,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #abgj  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(    
,,repres5tatives  ,decemb] #ah1         
#bjbj,ms4 ,gabb>d submitt$ ! foll[+     
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,=eign ,affairs  ,,resolution       
,express+ ! s5se ( ! ,h\se (            
,repres5tatives t no taxpay] doll>s w be
 us$ to enact sanctions t inflict suff]+
 on civilian populations4  ,:]eas       
sanctions are an in/rum5t ( mod]n-day   
economic w>f>e1 design$ to inflict      
puni%m5t on =eign populations by imp$+ !
 ability ( ^? populations to access !   
basic necessities requir$ = a dec5t     
life1 su* z food1 m$ic9e1 hygi5e &      
sanit>y supplies1 & fuel2 ,:]eas ! aim (
 sanctions is (t5 to =cibly eng9e]      
regime *ange 9 =eign nations by inflict+
 maximum suff]+ on civilian populations 
9 ! hopes !y w turn aga9/ _! own        
gov]nm5t2 ,:]eas ! true victims (       
sanctions are innoc5t civilians subject$
 to collective puni%m5t = ! s9s1 real or
 p]ceiv$1 ( _! gov]nm5ts2 ,:]eas        

sanctions h accel]at$ migrant crises    
ar\nd ! _w1 und]m9+ /ability ev]y:]e f  
,europe1 to ! ,middle ,ea/1 to ,s\?     
,am]ica1 by exac]bat+ ! h>% conditions  
:i* give civilians no *oice b to flee _!
 homel&s2 ,:]eas ! policy ( puni%+      
innoc5t civilians ) cruel &             
c\nt]-productive sanctions 9 ! mid/ ( a 
global p&emic has imp$$ ! ability (     
civilian populations to obta9 ! m$ical1 
nutritional1 hygi5ic res\rces ne$$ to   
curtail ! spread ( ,,covid-#ai1 :i*1    
giv5 ! transmissibility ( ! virus across
 national bord]s1 ultimately h>ms !     
,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas ! human toll 9 !  
c\ntries t>get$ by ! mo/ draconian      
sanctions policies h caus$ imm5se suff]+
 on vuln]able populations1 includ+ wom51
 *ildr51 & ! eld]ly2 ,:]eas ,=m]        
,secret>y ( ,/ate ,madele9e ,albright   
once op9$ t ! price 0 wor? x to impose  
deva/at+ sanctions on ,iraq1 ev5 z %e   
ackn[l$g$ t ! price 0 ! dea?s ( hundr$s 
( ?\s&s ( ,iraqi *ildr51 & a fur!r      
wors5+ ( diplomatic relations t culm9at$

 9 ! disa/r\s ,u4,s4 invasion &         
occupation j a few ye>s lat]2 & ,:]eas  
public discussion ( sanctions is too (t5
 imp]sonal & ab/ract1 obscur+ ! deva/at+
 impact ( ?is policy1 & neglect+ t !    
end-result is vuln]able populations l   
wom5 & *ildr5 freez+ & />v+ to dea?3    
,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t x is ! s5se ( !     
,unit$ ,/ates ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives t 
no taxpay] doll>s1 gov]nm5t p]sonnel or 
equipm5t %all be us$ to enact sanctions 
t inflict suff]+ on civilian populations
 by int]f]+ ) _! ability to access food1
 electricity1 p[]1 clo?+1 m$ic9e1 m$ical
 c>e1 transportation1 f9ancial          
transactions1 supplies1 or o!r basic    
human ne$s requir$ = day-to-day         
survival4