WASHINGTON –The U.S. Senate voted today to pass a resolution introduced by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to condemn the attacks at the offices of 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. Murphy was joined 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.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in introducing the bipartisan resolution last week.
“Today, the United States Senate sent a powerful message that we stand in solidarity with the people of France in the wake of the horrible violence we witnessed earlier this month. We have come together to honor the lives of those lost, to support our European allies as they work to bring those responsible to justice, and to reaffirm our support for the freedom of speech and religious expression. I’m very pleased that my colleagues worked so quickly to unanimously pass this important resolution and to condemn these acts of terror.”
