[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 772 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 772
Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 11, 2023
Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Collins, Ms.
Boebert, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Norman, and Ms. Greene of Georgia)
submitted the following resolution
October 25, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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RESOLUTION
Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib.
Whereas Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has a long history of making anti-Semitic
and anti-Israeli remarks;
Whereas, in May of 2019, Congresswoman Tlaib was a guest on the Skullduggery
podcast and said ``There's a kind of a calming feeling, I always tell
folks, when I think of the Holocaust and the tragedy of the Holocaust. .
.'';
Whereas, in September of 2022, Congresswoman Tlaib participated in a virtual
event hosted by the Americans for Justice in Palestine Action and said,
``I want you all to know that among progressives, it becomes clear that
you cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel's apartheid
government,'';
Whereas, on May 9, 2023, the CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation
League wrote a letter to Speaker McCarthy and Minority Leader Jeffries
warning them of an event Congresswoman Tlaib was planning on hosting in
the United States Capitol entitled, ``Nakba 75 & the Palestinian
People.'' The letter goes on to say, ``In previous years, many Nakba Day
events have devolved into hateful, anti-Israel and even antisemitic
language. Just last year, in May 2022, speakers at Nakba Day events
across the country variously referred to Israelis as the ``stench of
White European invaders,'' called for ``death to Israel'' and stated
that ``everyone should fight within his means. They will fight with
stones. Others will fight with guns. Others will fight with planes,
drones. And others will fight with rockets.'';
Whereas, on July 18, 2023, Congresswoman Tlaib voted against adopting a
resolution Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of
Israel; and
Whereas, on October 8, 2023, one day after a series of coordinated attacks on
Israel perpetrated by Hamas terrorists and leaving more Jews dead than
any single day since the Holocaust, Congresswoman Tlaib issued a
statement calling Israel an apartheid state and insinuating the United
States should end its support for the State of Israel: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) censures Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib;
(2) stands with the State of Israel and rejects anti-
semitism in all its forms; and
(3) renounces fringe beliefs that the State of Israel is an
apartheid State.
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