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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 604 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should not vote on 

the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the 

United States Agency for Global Media unless and until Michael Pack 

corrects his false statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

of the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2020 

Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. DURBIN) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 

Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should 

not vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief 

Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global 

Media unless and until Michael Pack corrects his false 

statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service. 

Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires, and 

the people of the United States expect and deserve, that 

the Senate provide advice and consent only to those executive branch nominees who are fit to hold positions of 

public trust in the United States Government; 


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•SRES 604 IS 

Whereas Michael Pack is the nominee to be Chief Executive 

Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, 

which is comprised of the Voice of America, Radio Free 

Europe, Radio and TV Marti, Radio Free Asia, and the 

Middle East Broadcasting Network; 

Whereas Michael Pack created and controls both Public 

Media Lab, a nonprofit company, and Manifold Productions LLC, a for-profit company which he owns; 

Whereas, since the creation of Public Media Lab, Michael 

Pack transferred 100 percent of the tax-exempt grants 

that Public Media Lab received to his for-profit company, 

Manifold Productions; 

Whereas, for several years, in documentation submitted to 

the Internal Revenue Service that asked whether Public 

Media Lab had provided grants to any entity controlled 

by an officer of the nonprofit, Michael Pack responded 

‘‘no’’ when the true answer was ‘‘yes’’; 

Whereas, for several years, in documentation submitted to 

the Internal Revenue Service that asked whether Public 

Media Lab conducted business with any entity with which 

it shared officers or directors, Michael Pack responded 

‘‘no’’ when the true answer was ‘‘yes’’; 

Whereas, in 2019, when the Committee on Foreign Relations 

of the Senate raised the subject of the false statements 

that Michael Pack had made to the Internal Revenue 

Service, Mr. Pack claimed, in response to a question for 

the record, that the false statements were ‘‘an oversight’’; 

Whereas Michael Pack has refused to correct the false statements that he made to the Internal Revenue Service; and 


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•SRES 604 IS 

Whereas, in early 2020, Michael Pack provided false information to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

with regard to his taxes; Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) should provide advice and consent to execu3 tive branch nominees only if those nominees have 

4 been truthful in their dealings with Congress and 

5 the executive branch; 

6 (2) should not vote on any nominee who has 

7 made verifiably false statements to Congress or the 

8 executive branch and who refuses to correct those 

9 statements; and 

10 (3) should not vote on the nomination of Mi11 chael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the 

12 United States Agency for Global Media unless and 

13 until Michael Pack corrects his false statements to 

14 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

15 and the Internal Revenue Service. 

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