Senators Introduce Resolution to Condemn Terrorist Attack in France

Press Release

In wake of the tragic terrorist attacks in France last week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was joined today by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and David Perdue (R-Ga.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution to condemn the attacks at the offices of the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket. The resolution also expresses condolences to the families of the victims and solidarity with the people of France, and it reaffirms the universal right of freedom of expression.

"The United States stands in solemn solidarity with our friends and allies in France and condemns in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attacks that took place in and around Paris. Our resolution honors the lives of those lost and reaffirms the Senate's outrage against the atrocities and violence we witnessed last week. Now is the time for the international community to come together against acts of terror and support our allies as they bring the perpetrators of such violence to justice," said the senators.