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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 132 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Censuring Representative Robert Garcia of California for inciting violence |
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| 6 | 6 | | against a special government employee. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ACEsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Ethics |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | Censuring Representative Robert Garcia of California for |
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| 14 | 14 | | inciting violence against a special government employee. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas Elon Reeve Musk is a successful businessman serv- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ing as a special government employee; |
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| 17 | 17 | | Whereas Elon Reeve Musk is working expeditiously as part |
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| 18 | 18 | | of the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization |
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| 19 | 19 | | (commonly referred to as the Department of Government |
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| 20 | 20 | | Efficiency), alongside President Donald J. Trump, to |
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| 21 | 21 | | root out waste, fraud, and abuse in the Federal Govern- |
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| 22 | 22 | | ment; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas Representative Robert Garcia referred to Elon |
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| 24 | 24 | | Reeve Musk, a special government employee, as a ‘‘dick’’ |
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| 25 | 25 | | during a hearing entitled ‘‘The War on Waste: Stamping |
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| 26 | 26 | | Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud’’ held |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HRES 132 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | by the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Effi- |
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| 31 | 31 | | ciency on February 12, 2025; |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas Representative Robert Garcia escalated his rhetoric |
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| 33 | 33 | | on CNN News Central on February 12, 2025, calling on |
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| 34 | 34 | | fellow members of the Democratic Party to ‘‘bring actual |
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| 35 | 35 | | weapons to this bar fight’’ against Elon Reeve Musk, a |
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| 36 | 36 | | special government employee; |
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| 37 | 37 | | Whereas in stating that his fellow members of the Demo- |
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| 38 | 38 | | cratic Party should ‘‘bring actual weapons’’ to fight |
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| 39 | 39 | | against Elon Reeve Musk, Representative Robert Garcia |
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| 40 | 40 | | attempted to incite violence against a special government |
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| 41 | 41 | | employee of the Federal Government; |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas the leadership of the Democratic Party has failed to |
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| 43 | 43 | | condemn Representative Robert Garcia’s attempts to in- |
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| 44 | 44 | | cite violence against Elon Reeve Musk, a special govern- |
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| 45 | 45 | | ment employee; |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas violence, threats of violence, or attempts to incite vi- |
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| 47 | 47 | | olence against Federal employees should not be tolerated |
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| 48 | 48 | | in the House of Representatives; and |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas Representative Robert Garcia’s attempt to incite vi- |
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| 50 | 50 | | olence against a special government employee affects the |
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| 51 | 51 | | dignity and integrity of the proceedings of the House: |
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| 52 | 52 | | Now, therefore, be it |
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| 53 | 53 | | Resolved, That— 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) Representative Robert Garcia of California 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | be censured; 3 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) Representative Robert Garcia forthwith 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | present himself in the well of the House of Rep-5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; and 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HRES 132 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) Representative Robert Garcia be censured 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | with the public reading of this resolution by the 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Speaker. 3 |
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