[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 888 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 888

Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from 
 the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that 
 reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding 
      with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 
                         congressional hearing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2025

Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Roy, Ms. Boebert, 
 Mr. Self, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Crane, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, 
Mr. Gosar, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Brecheen, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, 
Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, 
     Mr. Donalds, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Burlison, Mr. 
     Baumgartner, Mr. Fine, and Mrs. Luna) submitted the following 
       resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from 
 the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that 
 reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding 
      with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a 
                         congressional hearing.

Whereas Stacey Plaskett, the Delegate representing the United States Virgin 
        Islands in the House of Representatives, inappropriately coordinated 
        with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a congressional hearing 
        in February 2019;
Whereas Delegate Plaskett was actively coached by Epstein during the hearing, 
        received instructions on specific lines of questioning, and was 
        congratulated afterwards with the message ``Good work'';
Whereas Jeffrey Epstein was a known, convicted felony sex offender, having pled 
        guilty and been convicted for procuring a child for prostitution and of 
        soliciting a prostitute in a plea deal in 2008, and served a 13-month 
        sentence;
Whereas, in the course of that investigation, the FBI compiled reports on dozens 
        of confirmed minors who credibly alleged sexual abuse by Epstein;
Whereas Epstein was under further Federal investigation beginning in November 
        2018, two months before Delegate Plaskett's recently revealed text 
        exchange during a congressional hearing, following investigative 
        reporting by the Miami Herald detailing Epstein's controversial 2008 
        plea deal and highlighting accounts of his victims;
Whereas Epstein was arrested in July 2019 and charged with one count of sex 
        trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to commit sex 
        trafficking of minors, and he was later found dead in the New York 
        Metropolitan Correctional Center;
Whereas, according to documents released from Epstein's estate, during a House 
        Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing featuring testimony from 
        Michael Cohen, disgraced former attorney to President Donald J. Trump, 
        Delegate Plaskett coordinated her line of questioning with Jeffrey 
        Epstein in real-time over text message while the hearing was underway;
Whereas Delegate Plaskett, who previously served as an assistant attorney 
        general in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, is known to 
        have had extensive political, personal, and professional connections 
        with Epstein after his conviction as a sex offender up to the time of 
        his arrest and then death in 2019;
Whereas Delegate Plaskett's relationship with Epstein stands in stark contrast 
        to the public image she has curated for herself as a defender of justice 
        and accountability while secretly collaborating with an individual whose 
        crimes against vulnerable women and children shocked the nation;
Whereas Delegate Plaskett's willingness to receive instructions on official 
        congressional proceedings from Epstein, a convicted felony sex offender 
        with deeply concerning international associations, is especially 
        alarming and inappropriate given her own past service in the U.S. 
        Department of Justice and her current role on the House Permanent Select 
        Committee on Intelligence, and raises serious questions about Delegate 
        Plaskett's judgement, integrity, and fitness to serve; and
Whereas such associations erode public trust in Congress, particularly when they 
        involve using input from a sex offender to advance partisan attacks 
        during official proceedings: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. CENSURE OF DELEGATE STACEY PLASKETT.

    The House of Representatives--
            (1) censures and condemns Delegate Stacey Plaskett for 
        inappropriate coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey 
        Epstein during a Congressional Hearing, which reflects 
        discreditably on the House of Representatives; and
            (2) directs the Committee on Ethics to conduct a full 
        investigation into the extent of Plaskett's ties to Epstein and 
        any potential further improprieties.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL FROM HOUSE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE.

    The following named Member be, and is hereby, removed from the 
following committee of the House of Representatives:
    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Ms. Plaskett.
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