Congresswoman Cori Bush on X: "We must do everything we can to save lives. @RepRashida, @RepAndreCarson, @RepSummerLee, @RepDeliaramirez, and I are introducing the #CeasefireNOW Resolution to call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. I urge my colleagues to join us. https://t.co/DlZ2k365zL" / X

We must do everything we can to save lives.

, and I are introducing the #CeasefireNOW Resolution to call for an immediate de-escalation and ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. I urge my colleagues to join us.

Calling for an immediate deescalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.
Whereas all human life is precious, and the targeting of civil-ians, no matter their faith or ethnicity, is a violation of international humanitarian law;
Whereas, between October 7 and October 16, 2023, armed violence has claimed the lives of over 2,700 Palestinians and over 1,400 Israelis, including Americans, and wounded thousands more;
Whereas hundreds of thousands of lives are at imminent risk if a cease-fire is not achieved and humanitarian aid is not delivered without delay; and

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Whereas the Federal Government holds immense diplomatic power to save Israeli and Palestinian lives: Now, there-fore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) urges the Biden administration to immediately call for and facilitate deescalation and a cease-fire to urgently end the current violence; and
(2) calls upon the Biden administration to promptly send and facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance into Gaza.

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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and 3 others

4:52 PM · Oct 16, 2023

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