October 16, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6405 S. 1827 SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND David, including international delegations of At the request of Mr. HATCH, the SENATE RESOLUTIONS DURING archaeologists from the United States, Eng- name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. ADJOURNMENT land, France, and Germany; MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor Whereas these excavations have unearthed On October 13, 2017, under the author- antiquities from over 10 different civiliza- of S. 1827, a bill to extend funding for ity of the order of the Senate of Octo- the Children’s Health Insurance Pro- tions, including Canaanite, Israelite, Roman, ber 5, 2017, the following concurrent Byzantine, and Persian; gram, and for other purposes. resolutions and Senate resolutions Whereas the current excavations of the At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the were read, and referred (or acted upon), City of David are carried out under the aus- name of the Senator from Delaware as indicated: pices of the Israel Antiquities Authority, and (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor By Mr. ENZI: are held to the highest scientific standards; of S. 1827, supra. S. Con. Res. 25. An original concurrent res- Whereas among the most significant ar- S. 1829 olution setting forth the congressional budg- chaeological discoveries unearthed from the At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the et for the United States Government for fis- City of David include the Siloam Inscription names of the Senator from California cal year 2018 and setting forth the appro- (8th century B.C.E.), which recounts the priate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 (Ms. HARRIS), the Senator from Hawaii preparations made by King Hezekiah of through 2027; from the Committee on the Judah for the impending Assyrian siege (Ms. HIRONO), the Senator from Mis- Budget; placed on the calendar. against Jerusalem, consistent with the Bib- souri (Mrs. MCCASKILL) and the Sen- f lical account from 2 Kings; clay seal impres- ator from Delaware (Mr. COONS) were sions/bullae (6th century B.C.E.) bearing the added as cosponsors of S. 1829, a bill to SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS names of two Judean Government officials amend title V of the Social Security who are mentioned in the very same verse in Act to extend the Maternal, Infant, and the Bible, Jeremiah 38:1; the Pool of Siloam SENATE RESOLUTION 291—AFFIRM- Early Childhood Home Visiting Pro- (1st century B.C.E.), which served during the gram. ING THE HISTORICAL CONNEC- Second Temple period as a ritual bath for TION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO S. 1842 the hundreds of thousands of Jewish pilgrims THE ANCIENT AND SACRED CITY At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the ascending annually to the Temple, which OF JERUSALEM AND CON- name of the Senator from California stood atop the Temple Mount; and the Sec- DEMNING EFFORTS AT THE ond Temple Pilgrimage Road (1st century (Ms. HARRIS) was added as a cosponsor UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, C.E.), which began at the Pool of Siloam and of S. 1842, a bill to provide for wildfire SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL OR- served as the main thoroughfare of Second suppression operations, and for other GANIZATION (UNESCO) TO DENY Temple period Jerusalem that carried hun- purposes. JUDAISM’S MILLENNIA-OLD HIS- dreds of thousands of people on their annual S. 1859 TORICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CUL- pilgrimages to the Temple; At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the TURAL TIES TO JERUSALEM Whereas the Pilgrimage Road located name of the Senator from Louisiana within the City of David, which stretches 600 Mr. CRUZ submitted the following (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a cospon- meters from the Pool of Siloam to the foot- sor of S. 1859, a bill to extend the mora- resolution; which was referred to the steps of the Western Wall, will be open to torium on the annual fee on health in- Committee on Foreign Relations: visitors upon completion of the excavation; surance providers. S. RES. 291 and Whereas for over 3,000 years, Jerusalem has Whereas these discoveries affirm the unde- S. 1911 played a central role in the history and iden- niable truth that the City of David, the At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the tity of the Jewish people; Western Wall, and the Temple Mount are in- name of the Senator from Minnesota Whereas Jerusalem is the location of the extricably linked together—physically, his- (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- holiest site for the Jewish people, the Tem- torically, and symbolically—as the bedrock sponsor of S. 1911, a bill to amend the ple Mount, as well as the Western Wall, of the connection between the Jewish people Surface Mining Control and Reclama- where Jews from across the world come to and Jerusalem, and have been for millennia: tion Act of 1977 to transfer certain pray; Now, therefore, be it Whereas Jerusalem has been a Christian funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers Resolved, That the Senate— pilgrimage site for over 2,000 years, and holds of America Pension Plan, and for other (1) recognizes and affirms the historical considerable religious significance for Chris- purposes. tians; connection of the Jewish people to the an- S. 1922 Whereas Jerusalem is home to the third cient and sacred city of Jerusalem; (2) recognizes and affirms that the archae- At the request of Mr. HELLER, his holiest site in Islam, and holds considerable name was added as a cosponsor of S. religious significance for Muslims; ological discoveries from the City of David, the site of ancient Jerusalem, present unde- 1922, a bill to amend title 18, United Whereas Jerusalem serves as a cultural niable scientific evidence of the millennia- States Code, to protect pain-capable and religious inspiration to billions of people around the world; old connection of Jerusalem to the Jewish unborn children, and for other pur- Whereas the United Nations Educational, people, and, by extension, to Christianity; poses. Scientific, and Cultural Organization (3) commends the Government of Israel for S.J. RES. 5 (UNESCO) has passed a series of anti-Israel protecting the freedoms of all faiths in Jeru- At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the resolutions in recent years regarding Jeru- salem including Jews, Christians, and Mus- name of the Senator from Washington salem, both at the Committee level and by lims, ensuring their access to holy sites so the Executive Board—a governing body of (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- that they may worship freely; UNESCO; sor of S.J. Res. 5, a joint resolution re- (4) condemns any past, present, or future Whereas these biased resolutions are at- efforts at UNESCO to delegitimize Israel moving the deadline for the ratifica- tempts to erase or minimize the Jewish as tion of the equal rights amendment. through attempts to rewrite and deny the well as Christian historical and religious ties history of Jerusalem; and to Jerusalem, and unjustly single out our S. RES. 278 (5) encourages the United States to con- close ally Israel with false accusations and At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the tinue working with allies to prevent criticism; name of the Senator from Massachu- UNESCO from passing biased and unjust Whereas numerous archaeological exca- setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- vations, such as those taking place in the anti-Israel resolutions in the future. sponsor of S. Res. 278, a resolution ex- City of David, Israel’s most archaeologically pressing condolences to the victims of excavated site, have uncovered a myriad of Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and antiquities which scientifically reaffirm Je- Hurricane Maria, commending the re- rusalem’s historical significance to Judaism siliency of the people of Texas, Lou- as well as Christianity; isiana, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Whereas the City of David is the archae- United States Virgin Islands, and ex- ological site of ancient Jerusalem, and is be- lieved to be the very site recorded in the pressing gratitude to other neighboring Bible upon which King David established the States willing to stand by the people of capital of ancient Israel; the affected areas during the relief and Whereas since 1867, there have been archae- recovery efforts. ological excavations at the site of the City of VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Oct 17, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16OC6.031 S16OCPT1.