Calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States citizen and journalist, who was…

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Calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States citizen and journalist, who was wrongfully detained by the Government of the Russian Federation in March 2023.

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37 cosponsors · 23 D, 14 R

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House Introduced May 9, 2023
House Passed Jun 13, 2023 422–0

This resolution calls on the Russian government to immediately release Evan Gershkovich. It urges all United States executive branch officials, in all interactions with the Russian government, to raise the case of Evan Gershkovich and press for his immediate release.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jun 13, 2023

The resolution further calls for the immediate release of Paul Whelan and expresses support for all American citizens and lawful permanent residents detained in Russia and abroad, including Marc Fogel and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

The resolution also expresses sympathy and solidarity with the families of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and all other American citizens and lawful permanent residents wrongfully detained abroad.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jun 13, 2023 · 422 Yea – 0 Nay Adoption (two-thirds required) Speaker: Kevin McCarthy

About this bill and sources

Official title: Calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States citizen and journalist, who was wrongfully detained by the Government of the Russian Federation in March 2023.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Mary Peltola	D	AK-AL	Aye
Jerry Carl	R	AL-1	Aye
Barry Moore	R	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Dale Strong	R	AL-5	Aye
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Aye
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Aye
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Aye
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Aye
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Aye
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Aye
David Schweikert	R	AZ-1	Aye
Eli Crane	R	AZ-2	Aye
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-3	Aye
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-4	Aye
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Aye
Juan Ciscomani	R	AZ-6	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Aye
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Aye
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-9	Aye
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Aye
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-10	Aye
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-11	Aye
Barbara Lee	D	CA-12	Aye
John Duarte	R	CA-13	Aye
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-14	Aye
Kevin Mullin	D	CA-15	Aye
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-16	Aye
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Aye
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-18	Aye
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-19	Aye
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Aye
Jim Costa	D	CA-21	Aye
David Valadao	R	CA-22	Aye
Jay Obernolte	R	CA-23	Aye
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Aye
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-25	Aye
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Aye
Mike Garcia	R	CA-27	Aye
Judy Chu	D	CA-28	Aye
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Aye
Kevin Kiley	R	CA-3	Aye
Adam Schiff	D	CA-30	Aye
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-31	Aye
Brad Sherman	D	CA-32	Aye
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-33	Aye
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Aye
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Aye
Ted Lieu	D	CA-36	Aye
Sydney Kamlager-Dove	D	CA-37	Aye
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Aye
Mark Takano	D	CA-39	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-4	Aye
Young Kim	R	CA-40	Aye
Ken Calvert	R	CA-41	Aye
Robert Garcia	D	CA-42	Aye
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Not Voting
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Aye
Michelle Steel	R	CA-45	Aye
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Aye
Katie Porter	D	CA-47	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-48	Aye
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Aye
Tom McClintock	R	CA-5	Aye
Scott Peters	D	CA-50	Aye
Sara Jacobs	D	CA-51	Aye
Juan Vargas	D	CA-52	Aye
Ami Bera	D	CA-6	Aye
Doris Matsui	D	CA-7	Aye
John Garamendi	D	CA-8	Aye
Josh Harder	D	CA-9	Aye
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Aye
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Aye
Lauren Boebert	R	CO-3	Aye
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Aye
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Aye
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Aye
Brittany Pettersen	D	CO-7	Aye
Yadira Caraveo	D	CO-8	Aye
John Larson	D	CT-1	Aye
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Aye
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Aye
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Aye
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Aye
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Aye
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Aye
Maxwell Frost	D	FL-10	Aye
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Aye
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Aye
Anna Luna	R	FL-13	Aye
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Aye
Laurel Lee	R	FL-15	Aye
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Aye
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Aye
C. Franklin	R	FL-18	Aye
Byron Donalds	R	FL-19	Aye
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Aye
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	D	FL-20	Aye
Brian Mast	R	FL-21	Aye
Lois Frankel	D	FL-22	Aye
Jared Moskowitz	D	FL-23	Aye
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Aye
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-25	Aye
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-26	Aye
Maria Salazar	R	FL-27	Aye
Carlos Gimenez	R	FL-28	Aye
Kat Cammack	R	FL-3	Aye
Aaron Bean	R	FL-4	Aye
John Rutherford	R	FL-5	Aye
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Aye
Cory Mills	R	FL-7	Aye
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Aye
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Aye
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Aye
Mike Collins	R	GA-10	Aye
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Aye
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	Aye
Marjorie Greene	R	GA-14	Aye
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Aye
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Aye
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Aye
Nikema Williams	D	GA-5	Aye
Rich McCormick	R	GA-6	Aye
Lucy McBath	D	GA-7	Aye
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Aye
Andrew Clyde	R	GA-9	Aye
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Aye
Jill Tokuda	D	HI-2	Aye
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	R	IA-1	Aye
Ashley Hinson	R	IA-2	Aye
Zachary (Zach) Nunn	R	IA-3	Aye
Randy Feenstra	R	IA-4	Aye
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Jonathan Jackson	D	IL-1	Aye
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Aye
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Aye
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Aye
Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski	D	IL-13	Aye
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Aye
Mary Miller	R	IL-15	Aye
Darin LaHood	R	IL-16	Aye
Eric Sorensen	D	IL-17	Aye
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Aye
Delia Ramirez	D	IL-3	Aye
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Aye
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Aye
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Not Voting
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Aye
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Aye
Frank Mrvan	D	IN-1	Aye
Rudy Yakym	R	IN-2	Aye
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Aye
James Baird	R	IN-4	Aye
Victoria Spartz	R	IN-5	Aye
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Aye
André Carson	D	IN-7	Aye
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Aye
Erin Houchin	R	IN-9	Aye
Tracey Mann	R	KS-1	Aye
Jake LaTurner	R	KS-2	Aye
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Aye
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Aye
James Comer	R	KY-1	Aye
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Aye
Morgan McGarvey	D	KY-3	Aye
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Aye
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Aye
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Aye
Troy Carter	D	LA-2	Aye
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Aye
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Aye
Julia Letlow	R	LA-5	Aye
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Aye
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Aye
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Aye
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Aye
Jake Auchincloss	D	MA-4	Aye
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Aye
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Aye
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Aye
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Aye
William Keating	D	MA-9	Aye
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Aye
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Aye
Glenn Ivey	D	MD-4	Aye
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Aye
David Trone	D	MD-6	Aye
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Aye
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Aye
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Aye
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Aye
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Aye
John James	R	MI-10	Aye
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Aye
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-12	Aye
Shri Thanedar	D	MI-13	Aye
John Moolenaar	R	MI-2	Aye
Hillary Scholten	D	MI-3	Aye
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-4	Aye
Tim Walberg	R	MI-5	Aye
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-6	Aye
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-7	Aye
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-8	Aye
Lisa McClain	R	MI-9	Aye
Brad Finstad	R	MN-1	Not Voting
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Aye
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Aye
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Aye
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Aye
Michelle Fischbach	R	MN-7	Aye
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Aye
Cori Bush	D	MO-1	Aye
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Aye
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Aye
Mark Alford	R	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Aye
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Eric Burlison	R	MO-7	Aye
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Aye
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Aye
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Aye
Mike Ezell	R	MS-4	Aye
Ryan Zinke	R	MT-1	Aye
Matthew Rosendale	R	MT-2	Aye
Donald Davis	D	NC-1	Aye
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Not Voting
Charles (Chuck) Edwards	R	NC-11	Aye
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Aye
Wiley Nickel	D	NC-13	Aye
Jeffrey Jackson	D	NC-14	Aye
Deborah Ross	D	NC-2	Aye
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Aye
Valerie Foushee	D	NC-4	Not Voting
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Aye
Kathy Manning	D	NC-6	Aye
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Aye
Dan Bishop	R	NC-8	Aye
Richard Hudson	R	NC-9	Aye
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Aye
Mike Flood	R	NE-1	Aye
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Aye
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Aye
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Aye
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Aye
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Aye
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Aye
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Aye
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Aye
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Aye
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Not Voting
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Aye
Thomas Kean	R	NJ-7	Aye
Robert Menendez	D	NJ-8	Aye
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Aye
Melanie Stansbury	D	NM-1	Aye
Gabriel (Gabe) Vasquez	D	NM-2	Aye
Teresa Leger Fernandez	D	NM-3	Aye
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Aye
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Aye
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Aye
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Aye
Nicolas LaLota	R	NY-1	Aye
Dan Goldman	D	NY-10	Not Voting
Nicole Malliotakis	R	NY-11	Aye
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-12	Aye
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Aye
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Aye
Ritchie Torres	D	NY-15	Aye
Jamaal Bowman	D	NY-16	Aye
Michael Lawler	R	NY-17	Aye
Patrick Ryan	D	NY-18	Aye
Marcus Molinaro	R	NY-19	Aye
Andrew Garbarino	R	NY-2	Aye
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Aye
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Aye
Brandon Williams	R	NY-22	Aye
Nicholas Langworthy	R	NY-23	Aye
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-24	Aye
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Aye
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Aye
George Santos	R	NY-3	Aye
Anthony D'Esposito	R	NY-4	Aye
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Aye
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Aye
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Aye
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Aye
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Aye
Greg Landsman	D	OH-1	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Not Voting
Shontel Brown	D	OH-11	Aye
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Aye
Emilia Sykes	D	OH-13	Aye
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Aye
Mike Carey	R	OH-15	Aye
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Aye
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Aye
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Aye
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Aye
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Aye
Max Miller	R	OH-7	Aye
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Aye
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Aye
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Aye
Josh Brecheen	R	OK-2	Aye
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
Stephanie Bice	R	OK-5	Aye
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Aye
Cliff Bentz	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Aye
Valerie Hoyle	D	OR-4	Aye
Lori Chavez-DeRemer	R	OR-5	Aye
Andrea Salinas	D	OR-6	Aye
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Aye
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Aye
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Aye
Summer Lee	D	PA-12	Aye
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Aye
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Aye
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Aye
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Aye
Chris Deluzio	D	PA-17	Aye
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Aye
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Aye
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Aye
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Aye
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Aye
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Aye
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Aye
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Aye
Seth Magaziner	D	RI-2	Aye
Nancy Mace	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Not Voting
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Aye
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Aye
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Aye
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Aye
Russell Fry	R	SC-7	Aye
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Aye
Diana Harshbarger	R	TN-1	Aye
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Aye
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Aye
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Aye
Andrew Ogles	R	TN-5	Aye
John Rose	R	TN-6	Aye
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Aye
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Aye
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Aye
Nathaniel Moran	R	TX-1	Aye
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Aye
August Pfluger	R	TX-11	Aye
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Ronny Jackson	R	TX-13	Aye
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Aye
Mónica De La Cruz	R	TX-15	Aye
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-17	Aye
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Aye
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Not Voting
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Aye
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Aye
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Aye
Troy Nehls	R	TX-22	Aye
Tony Gonzales	R	TX-23	Aye
Beth Van Duyne	R	TX-24	Aye
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Aye
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Aye
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Aye
Keith Self	R	TX-3	Aye
Jasmine Crockett	D	TX-30	Aye
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Aye
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Aye
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-34	Aye
Gregorio Casar	D	TX-35	Aye
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Aye
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-37	Aye
Wesley Hunt	R	TX-38	Aye
Pat Fallon	R	TX-4	Aye
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Aye
Jake Ellzey	R	TX-6	Aye
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Aye
Morgan Luttrell	R	TX-8	Aye
Al Green	D	TX-9	Aye
Blake Moore	R	UT-1	Aye
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Aye
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Aye
Burgess Owens	R	UT-4	Aye
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Aye
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Aye
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Aye
Jennifer Kiggans	R	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Aye
Jennifer McClellan	D	VA-4	Aye
Bob Good	R	VA-5	Aye
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Aye
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Aye
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Aye
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Aye
Becca Balint	D	VT-AL	Aye
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Aye
Marilyn Strickland	D	WA-10	Aye
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Aye
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	D	WA-3	Aye
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Aye
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Aye
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Aye
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Aye
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Aye
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Aye
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Aye
Derrick Van Orden	R	WI-3	Aye
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Not Voting
Scott Fitzgerald	R	WI-5	Aye
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Aye
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Aye
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Aye
Carol Miller	R	WV-1	Aye
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Aye
Harriet Hageman	R	WY-AL	Aye

Calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, a United States citizen and journalist, who was…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jun 13, 2023