SENATE RESOLUTION 58

(By Senators Trump, Blair (Mr. President), Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Boley, Brown, Caputo, Clements, Geffert, Grady, Hamilton, Jeffries, Karnes, Lindsay, Maroney, Martin, Maynard, Nelson, Phillips, Plymale, Roberts, Romano, Rucker, Smith, Stollings, Stover, Swope, Sypolt, Takubo, Tarr, Weld, Woelfel, and Woodrum)

[Introduced March 12, 2022]

Urging the President of the United States to expedite the entrance of Ukrainian refugees into the United States of America.

Whereas, The people of Ukraine, who love freedom and democracy, are under hostile and unprovoked attack and invasion by the totalitarian regime of Vladimir Putin’s Russia; and

Whereas, The citizens of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine; and

Whereas, The citizens of West Virginia, who love freedom and self-governance, stand with the people of Ukraine; and

Whereas, The horrors of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine are causing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens to be displaced from their homes, becoming refugees in other places; and

Whereas, The United States of America must provide humanitarian relief and refuge for the citizens of Ukraine who have been displaced; and

Whereas, The citizens of West Virginia are ready, willing, and able to do their part in the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis; therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate:

That the Senate hereby urges the President of the United States to expedite the entrance of Ukrainian refugees into the United States of America; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the President of the United States should understand that the citizens of West Virginia are ready, willing, and able to welcome hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees to the State of West Virginia as new residents of the Mountain State; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the President of the United States and to the State of West Virginia's congressional delegation.