Congresswoman Tenney Highlights Support for Resolution Standing with Iranian Protestors
Utica, NY – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) today highlighted growing support in Congress for her bipartisan, bicameral resolution commending the bravery, courage, and resolve of the women and men of Iran who are demonstrating in more than 130 cities and risking their safety to speak out against the human rights abuses of the Iranian regime. The resolution is cosponsored by 36 Members of the House and 10 Members of the Senate.
Congresswoman Tenney introduced the resolution amid ongoing protests in Iran, which began raging across the country in the wake of the death of a 22-year-old girl, Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for violating the country’s strict dress codes and later died while in custody. Reports indicate that Amini was beaten before collapsing and falling into a coma. In response to the protests, the regime in Iran has once again violently cracked down on protesters, with at least 185 protestors now having been killed by Iranian security forces. The regime also has triggered widespread Internet blackouts to stop all communications.
The resolution, H.Con.Res.110, now boasts a group of 36 bipartisan cosponsors in the House. This includes the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (NY-21), and Representatives Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Joe Wilson (SC-02), Mike Garcia (CA-25), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Bob Gibbs (OH-07), Gregory Murphy (NC-03), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Ann Wagner (MO-02), Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Katie Porter (CA-45), Randy Weber (TX-14), Dina Titus (NV-01), Brad Sherman (CA-30), Ro Khanna (CA-17), William Keating (MA-09), Steve Womack (AR-3), Juan Vargas (CA-51), Barbara Lee (CA-13), James McGovern (MA-02), Kathy Manning (NC-06), Vicky Hartzler (MO-04), Darrell Issa (CA-50), Steve Chabot (OH-01), Jim Costa (CA-16), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), David Trone (MD-06), Don Beyer (VA-08), Albio Sires (NJ-08), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Andy Levin (MI-09), Joseph Morelle (NY-25), and Deborah Ross (NC-02).
In the Senate, the resolution, which was introduced by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Bob Menendez (NJ), is cosponsored by Senators Marsha Blackburn (TN), Bob Casey (PA), Bill Cassidy (LA), Jacky Rosen (NV), Ted Cruz (TX), Kevin Cramer (ND), Bill Hagerty (TN), John Hoeven (ND), Todd Young (IN), and Chris Van Hollen (MD).
The resolution commends the Iranian people protesting against gross human rights abuses and in support of freedom and urges the Biden administration to continue to impose human rights sanctions, prioritize efforts to expand internet access in Iran, and work to develop a strategy to prevent the Iranian regime from obtaining and exploiting facial recognition data and software for the use of mass surveillance and enforcement of mandatory hijab.
The full text of the resolution is available here.
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