; Whereas Director Comey further testified that the FBI is investigating the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election ; Whereas Director Comey further testified that the FBI’s criminal and counterintelligence investigations include investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts ; Whereas coordination between a foreign adversary and members of a United States presidential campaign during the adversary’s attack on our democracy would be an unprecedented assault on the government and democratic process of the United States; and Whereas the extensive ties between President Trump’s campaign and Administration with President Putin’s government and associated individuals, President Trump’s statements and those of his Administration toward President Putin and his government about defense policy as it relates to the Russian Federation, and the ongoing criminal and counterintelligence investigations by the FBI, raise enough serious questions about the intent and influence behind any policy decisions the President or his Administration may make with respect to President Putin and the Government of the Russian Federation or otherwise affecting them: Now, therefore, be it