In a letter sent to President Joe Biden on Tuesday ahead of his trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia which begins tomorrow in Jerusalem, a bipartisan group of 24 House and Senate lawmakers urged the president to make clear U.S. opposition to Iraq’s recently passed law outlawing relations with Israel during his visit.

Baghdad passed a law earlier this year that makes normalization with Israel punishable by death, a move that was condemned by the State Department.

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The letter was led in the Senate by Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), and in the House by Reps. Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). Signatories include Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Scott (R-SC) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Reps. David Trone (D-MD), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Marionette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL).