; Whereas allowing Russian authorities to interrogate current or former congressional staff for their actions conducted as a matter of official duties would result in grave harm to the ability of Members of Congress in carrying out their duties with the support of staff; and Whereas the false equivalence between Vladimir Putin’s baseless conspiracy theories about alleged crimes, designed to sow discord, and the thorough, meticulous work of the United States intelligence community and Department of Justice to indict Russian operatives undermines the integrity of the Office of the President and the United States legal system: Now, therefore, be it