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On the recordSeptember 17, 1996
We live in a world that is increasingly unstable and more dangerous each day. Unfortunately, the origins of most of this danger are the nations around the world that export its violence and its terrorism. This world is full of various cultures. Many diametrically differ from each other, but no clash of ideals and societies justifies state-sponsored terrorism and aggression. The resolution unequivocally notifies the world that the United States will not tolerate state criminal activity against American citizens and their property. The amendment that I will offer will outline this in some detail. The resolution that I will offer warns the world that the United States will not accept in the slightest degree any assault on its citizens by another nation. The resolution that I will offer will convey a sense of the U.S. Senate that any state-sponsored condoned hostilities toward Americans will in fact be an act of war and that we should strongly consider that an act of war.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing an amendment related to state-sponsored terrorism and aggression.

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