Bill Text: PA HR925 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging the President of the United States and the United States Secretary of State to expeditiously identify and bring to justice the Libyan militant extremists who committed the heinous crimes at the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-10-16 - Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT [HR925 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR925-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 4227
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 925 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, MOUL, RAPP, SACCONE, SAYLOR, AUMENT AND READSHAW, OCTOBER 16, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 16, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Urging the President of the United States and the United States
Secretary of State to expeditiously identify and bring to
justice the Libyan militant extremists who committed the
heinous crimes at the United States consulate in Benghazi,
Libya, on September 11, 2012.
WHEREAS, On September 11, 2012, the United States consulate
in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked and infiltrated by militant
extremists; and
WHEREAS, The United States Ambassador to Libya, J.
Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith and two
regional security officers, Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty,
were brutally murdered in the attack; and
WHEREAS, The weapons, violence and duration of the attack
suggest it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack
against American diplomats and personnel; and
WHEREAS, Senior officials from the United States Special
Forces have asserted that they repeatedly asked the State
Department of the United States for additional security
personnel throughout Libya to no avail; and
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WHEREAS, Questions remain whether there was actionable
intelligence that an attack on the American consulate in
Benghazi was planned or imminent; and
WHEREAS, The United States House Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform will be conducting numerous hearings regarding
the events that left four Americans dead on September 11, 2012;
and
WHEREAS, The safety and security of American diplomats should
be of paramount concern to the President of the United States,
our Commander-in-Chief, and the State Department of the United
States; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the
President of the United States and the United States Secretary
of State to expeditiously identify and bring to justice the
Libyan militant extremists who committed the heinous crimes at
the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11,
2012; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the United
States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to
determine if and why repeated requests for additional security
officers at the American consulate in Benghazi were denied; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the United
States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to
determine why the American public was continuously deceived with
assertions that the Benghazi attack was spontaneous in nature;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the
President of the United States and the Secretary of State to
take the necessary measures to safeguard American citizens
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working in tumultuous regions throughout the world; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, the United States Secretary
of State and each member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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