,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,rooney of ,florida 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 and ,mr4       
,fitzpatrick7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
territories of ,abkhazia and ,south     
,ossetia are a part of the sovereign    
state of ,georgia and condemning the    
decision by the ,syrian ,arab ,republic 
to recognize these territories as       
independent of ,georgia4  ,whereas the  
,united ,states established diplomatic  
relations with ,georgia in #aiib and    
codified those relations in the #bjji   
,united ,states-,georgia ,charter on    
,strategic ,partnership2 ,whereas       
,georgia has been a committed partner of
 the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty           
,organization 7,,nato7 and has          
contributed significant troops and      

resources to the ,,nato missions in     
,afghanistan and the ,multi-,national   
,force in ,iraq2 ,whereas ,georgia      
maintains peaceful relations with its   
neighbors in the ,caucasus region and   
has been a reliable partner in promoting
 peace and democracy in the ,eurasia    
region2 ,whereas the ,united ,states and
 its partners must stand up against the 
,russian ,federation's expansion into   
territories of the former ,soviet       
,union2 ,whereas the ,russian           
,federation violates international law  
by continuously occupying sovereign     
territory in ,georgia and has on        
multiple occasions meddled in the       
affairs of ,georgia during the war in   
,abkhazia from #aiib-aiic and during the
 ,russo-,georgian war in ,august #bjjh2 
,whereas only #e member states of the   
,united ,nations recognize ,abkhazia or 
,south ,ossetia as independent of       
,georgia2 ,whereas the ,syrian ,arab    
,republic is a failed client-state of   
the ,russian ,federation and the        

,islamic ,republic of ,iran2 and        
,whereas the ,russian ,federation1 in   
its effort to disrupt the ,west and its 
allies1 will use failed states such as  
the ,syrian ,arab ,republic to push its 
geopolitical agenda and lend credibility
 to the territories it illegally        
occupies3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7   
recognizes ,georgia's sovereignty and   
territorial integrity1 and reaffirms    
that the regions of ,abkhazia and ,south
 ,ossetia1 currently occupied by the    
,russian ,federation1 are territories of
 ,georgia2 and  7#b7 condemns the       
decision by the ,syrian ,arab ,republic1
 which is a client state of the ,russian
 ,federation1 to recognize the          
independence of the regions of ,abkhazia
 and ,south ,ossetia4