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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 197 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. N |
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| 9 | 9 | | EHLS(for himself, Mr. JACKSONof Texas, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALLON, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. FRY, Mr. HAR- |
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| 12 | 12 | | RISof North Carolina, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. |
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| 14 | 14 | | AKYM, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. BARR, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. |
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| 16 | 16 | | REENof Tennessee, Mr. CLINE, Mr. VANORDEN, Mr. VANDREW, Ms. |
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| 18 | 18 | | ANDUYNE, Mr. RULLI, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. WILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. |
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| 20 | 20 | | FLUGER, Ms. GREENEof Georgia, Mr. KILEYof California, Mrs. |
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| 22 | 22 | | OUCHIN, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. SELF, Mr. |
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| 24 | 24 | | ANGWORTHY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona, Mr. ONDER, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Mr. A |
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| 26 | 26 | | RRINGTON, and Mr. CARTERof Texas) submitted the following res- |
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| 27 | 27 | | olution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 29 | 29 | | Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Whereas, on March 4, 2025, during the joint session of Con- |
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| 31 | 31 | | gress convened by the invitation of the House and Sen- |
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| 32 | 32 | | ate, Representative Al Green of Texas engaged in behav- |
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| 33 | 33 | | ior that interrupted President Donald J. Trump’s ad- |
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| 34 | 34 | | dress to a joint session of Congress, violating decorum |
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| 35 | 35 | | and order expected of Members of Congress; |
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| 36 | 36 | | Whereas pursuant to Rule I of the One Hundred Nineteenth |
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| 37 | 37 | | Congress of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of |
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| 39 | 39 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | •HRES 197 IH |
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| 41 | 41 | | the House of Representatives shall preserve order and de- |
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| 42 | 42 | | corum in the chamber; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas Members of Congress were advised by the Speaker |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the House to maintain decorum; |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas Representative Green willfully disrupted the joint |
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| 46 | 46 | | session, remained defiant, and was subsequently removed |
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| 47 | 47 | | by the House Sergeant at Arms from the chamber; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | Whereas the actions of Representative Green brought disre- |
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| 49 | 49 | | pute to the United States Congress: Now, therefore, be |
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| 50 | 50 | | it |
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| 51 | 51 | | Resolved, That— 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) Representative Al Green of Texas be cen-2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | sured; 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) Representative Al Green forthwith present 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | himself in the well of the House of Representatives 5 |
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| 56 | 56 | | for the pronouncement of censure; and 6 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) Representative Al Green be censured with 7 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker. 8 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Æ |
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