Requesting the President to strongly condemn Jamal Khashoggi's killing, hold accountable individuals identified as culpable, and condemn imprisonment of and violence against journalists around the world.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 472 Requesting the President to strongly condemn Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, hold accountable individuals identified as culpable, and condemn impris- onment of and violence against journalists around the world. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 27, 2019 Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. COSTA, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. BASS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CISNEROS, and Mr. DEFAZIO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Requesting the President to strongly condemn Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, hold accountable individuals identi- fied as culpable, and condemn imprisonment of and vio- lence against journalists around the world. Whereas Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist born on October 13, 1958, who was murdered in the Saudi Ara- bian consulate in Turkey on October 2, 2018; VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 Jun 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR472.IH HR472 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 472 IH Whereas Mr. Khashoggi wrote for and edited a number of publications, including the Washington Post, Al Watan, Arab News, and Al Madina; Whereas, during his career, Mr. Khashoggi covered events in Afghanistan, Algeria, Kuwait, and across the Middle East; Whereas Mr. Khashoggi represented a rare example of a journalist in Saudi Arabia by questioning regime policies and covering unfavorable events; Whereas Mr. Khashoggi became a champion of American val- ues, including democracy, freedom of the press, and wom- en’s rights; Whereas Mr. Khashoggi openly questioned the Saudi regime’s policies, including its war in Yemen, crackdown on dis- senters, and isolation of Qatar; Whereas voicing differences with Saudi Arabia’s rulers forced Mr. Khashoggi to flee Saudi Arabia; Whereas Mr. Khashoggi became a permanent resident of the United States in June 2017 and began writing for the Washington Post in September 2017; Whereas the Saudi regime targeted Mr. Khashoggi and his writings by marshaling a host of online trolls to delegitimize and harass Mr. Khashoggi and other Saudi dissidents; Whereas Saudi officials lured Mr. Khashoggi to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul under a false sense of security; Whereas upon arrival Mr. Khashoggi was tortured, killed, and dismembered by Saudi agents flown in from Saudi Arabia for this purpose; VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 Jun 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR472.IH HR472 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HRES 472 IH Whereas the Saudi regime subsequently engaged in a weeks- long campaign of obfuscation, deception, and lying to deny Saudi involvement in Mr. Khashoggi’s murder; Whereas, when confronted with clear evidence of Mr. Khashoggi’s death at the hands of Saudi agents, Saudi officials blamed the murder on rogue operators within its Government; Whereas the Trump administration subsequently sanctioned only relatively junior Saudi officials, many of whom had been identified as culpable by the Saudi regime; Whereas an independent report conducted by United Nations investigator Agnes Callamard concluded that there is ‘‘sufficient credible evidence’’ that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince bears responsibility for the assassination and that, based on definitions in international law, the kingdom conducted Khashoggi’s ‘‘deliberate, premeditated execu- tion’’; and that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince should face ‘‘targeted sanctions . . . until and unless evidence is pro- vided and corroborated that he carries no responsibilities for this execution.’’; Whereas President Trump has explicitly prioritized Saudi purchases of United States weaponry over the Saudi re- gime’s murder of Mr. Khashoggi and continues to show disrespect for journalistic freedoms; Whereas Saudi Arabia’s leaders continue to crack down on dissenters and reforms, disregard basic rights, and per- petrate destabilizing foreign policies; Whereas the Committee to Protect Journalists found that, in 2018, there were at least 251 journalists imprisoned be- cause of their work globally; VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 Jun 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR472.IH HR472 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HRES 472 IH Whereas, in 2018, Saudi Arabia imprisoned at least 16 jour- nalists for their work; Whereas Turkey, China, and Egypt all imprison high num- bers of journalists; Whereas, in 2018, the Committee to Protect Journalists found that there were at least 54 journalists killed glob- ally, including in the United States; Whereas President Trump has been reluctant to condemn the killing and imprisonment of journalists generally and Mr. Khashoggi in particular; and Whereas President Trump has himself praised violence against journalists and called the media the ‘‘enemy of the American people’’: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests 1 that the President— 2 (1) strongly condemn Jamal Khashoggi’s killing 3 and hold accountable individuals identified as cul- 4 pable by United States intelligence agencies; 5 (2) condemn imprisonment of and violence 6 against journalists around the world; 7 (3) cease describing the media in terms that 8 could encourage violence against journalists; and 9 (4) use tools of United States power, including 10 diplomacy, sanctions, and military sales, to encour- 11 age other countries to respect and further press free- 12 dom. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:31 Jun 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR472.IH HR472 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS