SENATE
                           Final Reading
                        May 6, 2015First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
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 LLS NO. M15-1089.01 Bob Lackner x4350            SJM15-002
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Lambert, Balmer, Cadman, Lundberg
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Neville P., Humphrey, Joshi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                   SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 15-002 
       Memorializing the United States Congress to urge
            international agreements with the nation of Iran to
            stop its efforts to develop nuclear weapons capability.
       
       
                            
       
            WHEREAS, The present government of Iran has often expressed
       open hostility and made continuing threats toward the United States and
       Israel; and  
       
            WHEREAS, The leaders of Iran have never apologized for the
       taking and holding of 52 American citizens hostage for 444 days after the
       1979 occupation of the American embassy; and
       
            WHEREAS, The present government of Iran under its present
       constitution is a theocratic dictatorship not easily influenced by domestic
       dissent; and 
       
            WHEREAS, Since 1984, Iran has been among the nations listed
       by the United States Department of State as a State Sponsor of Terrorism;
       and
       
            WHEREAS, Since 2013 and the inception of negotiations with
       Iran over its plans for developing nuclear weapons, the United States
       government has promised the American people that the negotiations with
       Iran has as the primary goal the prevention of Iran from continuing to
       develop its capacity for producing nuclear weapons; and
       
            WHEREAS, The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu,
       has stated that the proposed "Framework" agreement poses a clear and
       present danger to Israel's survival if we accept and allow Iran's
       development of a nuclear weapons capability; and
       
            WHEREAS, Members of both major political parties in Congress
       have voiced serious concerns over the threat of nuclear proliferation in
       Iran; and
       
            WHEREAS, The people of Colorado are united in their concern
       over the possession of nuclear weapons by any nation that openly
       supports and clandestinely finances terrorist organizations that conduct
       violent acts against the people of the United States, the people of Israel,
       and other peoples and nations; and
       
            WHEREAS, The citizens of Colorado and their children,
       grandchildren, and future generations have a vital, existential stake in
       preventing terrorist organizations and rogue nations that support terrorism
       from obtaining nuclear weapons; now, therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly
       of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
            That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, hereby
       petition and request that the nine members of the Colorado congressional
       delegation take all responsible and appropriate steps to support the
       adoption and implementation of an agreement with Iran that
       unambiguously prohibits that nation from developing, producing, or
       possessing nuclear weapons.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this Senate Joint Memorial
       be sent to each member of Colorado's congressional delegation.