[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 592 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 592
Censuring Representative George Santos.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 17, 2023
Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. Robert Garcia of California,
Mr. Goldman of New York, and Mr. Lieu) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics
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RESOLUTION
Censuring Representative George Santos.
Whereas Representative George Santos repeatedly lied to voters in his district,
donors, and the American public during his campaign to be elected to
Congress;
Whereas a number of Republicans in Congress have called on George Santos to
resign due to his hurtful lies and mistruths that have broken the trust
of his constituents;
Whereas George Santos lied about being a member of the Jewish faith during his
Congressional campaign and deliberately misrepresented that his
grandparents survived the Holocaust;
Whereas George Santos falsely claimed that his mother died during the terrorist
attacks on September 11th, 2001;
Whereas George Santos deliberately misrepresented his educational background by
falsely claiming he received a bachelor's degree from Baruch College and
a master's degree from New York University;
Whereas George Santos falsely claimed he obtained a volleyball scholarship to
his college;
Whereas George Santos deliberately misrepresented his employment background,
inaccurately claiming he worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup;
Whereas George Santos falsely claimed that he founded an animal rescue charity
that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats;
Whereas George Santos deliberately misrepresented that 4 of his employees were
killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting;
Whereas George Santos falsely claimed that he helped produce the Broadway
musical ``Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark'';
Whereas George Santos deliberately misrepresented that he had a family-owned
real estate portfolio of 13 properties;
Whereas George Santos admitted to committing crimes in Brazil by using a fake
name and stolen checkbook to purchase items; and
Whereas George Santos failed to file his congressional financial disclosure
reports as required by law: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) Representative George Santos be censured;
(2) Representative George Santos forthwith present himself
in the well of the House of Representatives for the
pronouncement of censure; and
(3) Representative George Santos be censured with the
public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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