According to the statement on US Foreign Affairs Committee's website, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, joined by Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer introduced a resolution "condemning the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador's residence on May 16, 2017, and calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice and measures to be taken to prevent similar incidents in the future".
ABD Temsilciler Meclisi Sözcüsü Paul Ryan da tasarının Dış İlişkiler Komitesi’nden geçmesinin ardından yaptığı yazılı açıklamada şunları ifade etti: