Whereas, on October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists carried out a brutal attack on Israel in which they launched thousands of missiles, slaughtered innocent civilians, including children and the elderly, and took over 100 hostages into the Gaza Strip; Whereas Hamas is a United States-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization with strong ties to Iran; Whereas Iran has long provided financial support, weapons training, and other support to Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command; Whereas there have been reports of Iranian involvement in the planning and execution of the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack against Israel; Whereas, on September 11, 2023, the Biden administration notified Congress about an agreement to release $6,000,000,000 in sanctioned Iranian funds and give clemency to 5 Iranian criminals in exchange for the release of 5 American hostages; Whereas the Biden administration’s negotiations with the terrorist Iranian regime incentivizes hostage taking and delegitimizes United States sanctions; Whereas the Biden administration has defended this ill-thought-out agreement by arguing that the $6,000,000,000 does not include any taxpayer dollars and are merely Iranian funds that will go toward humanitarian aid; Whereas at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on September 14, 2023, experts confirmed the clear concept that money is fungible, and releasing frozen dollars to Iran will free up other money to be spent on other activities, such as Iran’s support for terrorist groups like Hamas; Whereas, in direct contradiction of the Biden administration’s talking points, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated This money belongs to the Iranian people, the Iranian Government, so the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide what to do with this money , according to his translator