,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fjd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #c1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,menendez1 and ,mr4 ,durbin7 submitted  
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,rules and
 ,administration  ,,resolution          
,expressing the sense of the ,senate    
that the ,senate should not vote on the 
nomination of ,michael ,pack to be      
,chief ,executive ,officer of the       
,united ,states ,agency for ,global     
,media unless and until ,michael ,pack  
corrects his false statements to the    
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate and the ,internal ,revenue     
,service4  ,whereas the ,constitution of
 the ,united ,states requires1 and the  
people of the ,united ,states expect and
 deserve1 that the ,senate provide      
advice and consent only to those        
executive branch nominees who are fit to
 hold positions of public trust in the  
,united ,states ,government2 ,whereas   

,michael ,pack is the nominee to be     
,chief ,executive ,officer of the       
,united ,states ,agency for ,global     
,media1 which is comprised of the ,voice
 of ,america1 ,radio ,free ,europe1     
,radio and ,,tv ,marti1 ,radio ,free    
,asia1 and the ,middle ,east            
,broadcasting ,network2 ,whereas        
,michael ,pack created and controls both
 ,public ,media ,lab1 a nonprofit       
company1 and ,manifold ,productions     
,,llc1 a for-profit company which he    
owns2 ,whereas1 since the creation of   
,public ,media ,lab1 ,michael ,pack     
transferred #ajj percent of the         
tax-exempt grants that ,public ,media   
,lab received to his for-profit company1
 ,manifold ,productions2 ,whereas1 for  
several years1 in documentation         
submitted to the ,internal ,revenue     
,service that asked whether ,public     
,media ,lab had provided grants to any  
entity controlled by an officer of the  
nonprofit1 ,michael ,pack responded no  
when the true answer was yes2 ,whereas1 

for several years1 in documentation     
submitted to the ,internal ,revenue     
,service that asked whether ,public     
,media ,lab conducted business with any 
entity with which it shared officers or 
directors1 ,michael ,pack responded no  
when the true answer was yes2 ,whereas1 
in #bjai1 when the ,committee on        
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate      
raised the subject of the false         
statements that ,michael ,pack had made 
to the ,internal ,revenue ,service1 ,mr4
 ,pack claimed1 in response to a        
question for the record1 that the false 
statements were an oversight2 ,whereas  
,michael ,pack has refused to correct   
the false statements that he made to the
 ,internal ,revenue ,service2 and       
,whereas1 in early #bjbj1 ,michael ,pack
 provided false information to the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate with regard to his taxes2 ,now1
 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 should provide advice and consent  
to executive branch nominees only if    

those nominees have been truthful in    
their dealings with ,congress and the   
executive branch2  7#b7 should not vote 
on any nominee who has made verifiably  
false statements to ,congress or the    
executive branch and who refuses to     
correct those statements2 and  7#c7     
should not vote on the nomination of    
,michael ,pack to be ,chief ,executive  
,officer of the ,united ,states ,agency 
for ,global ,media unless and until     
,michael ,pack corrects his false       
statements to the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,relations of the ,senate and the      
,internal ,revenue ,service4