Florida Senate - 2026                                    SM 1714
       
       
        
       By Senator Martin
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                           Senate Memorial                         
    2         A memorial to the Congress of the United States,
    3         urging Congress to pass H.R. 260, the No Tax Dollars
    4         for Terrorists Act.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the Federal Government, and other nongovernmental
    7  organizations, are wasting the money of American taxpayers by
    8  sending more than 40 million dollars each week to the Taliban,
    9  an organization with an extensive record of human atrocities
   10  which is currently under review to be designated as a foreign
   11  terrorist organization, and
   12         WHEREAS, reporting indicates that such taxpayer funds are
   13  being laundered through multiple channels, with Taliban leaders
   14  taking a share of the money and providing aid to Taliban
   15  supporters, and
   16         WHEREAS, the Taliban allows designated foreign terrorist
   17  organizations al-Qaida, Tehrik-e-Taliban, and the Haqqani
   18  Network to operate in Afghanistan, and
   19         WHEREAS, in the past, the Taliban has used noncombatants as
   20  human shields; taken part in mass murder, gang rape, and
   21  hangings; and used Sharia law to remove rights from women,
   22  including banning girls from access to education, restricting
   23  women’s ability to work, and requiring women to be covered head
   24  to-toe, as part of a broader strategy to remove women from
   25  public life, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   27  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   29         That the Congress of the United States is urged to pass
   30  H.R. 260, the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act, to require the
   31  implementation of a strategy to oppose financial assistance to
   32  the Taliban.
   33         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State dispatch
   34  copies of this memorial to the President of the United States,
   35  to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of
   36  the United States House of Representatives, and to each member
   37  of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.