WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) today joined U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in introducing a 502B privileged resolution requiring the Department of State to report to Congress on increasing violence in the West Bank, including the killings of Americans in the West Bank.
Nine Americans have been killed in the West Bank in recent years - and more detained - and none have received accountability or justice from either the Israeli or United States Governments. The Senators' resolution would require the Department of State to provide i...