IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 606 

Censuring Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congressional District 

of Washington. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2023 

Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. DUNCAN) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th 

Congressional District of Washington. 

Whereas Representative Pramila Jayapal has promoted 

antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment through her congressional career; 

Whereas, in May 2021, Representative Jayapal blamed Israel 

for Hamas’s decision to indiscriminately fire rockets into 

Israeli territory; 

Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Representative Jayapal co-sponsored legislation which would have provided congressional 

disapproval of a proposed direct commercial arms sales to 

Israel as Israeli citizens were enduring a barrage of 

4,300 rockets from Palestinian terrorists; 


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Whereas, on July 15, 2023, Representative Jayapal stated 

the following to a group of pro-Palestinian protestors: 

‘‘Hey guys, can I say something? Can I say something 

as somebody that’s been in the streets and has participated in a lot of demonstrations? I want you to know 

that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel 

is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve selfdetermination and autonomy, that the dream of a twostate solution is slipping away from us, that it does not 

even feel possible.’’; 

Whereas, in 2000, after Yasser Arafat rejected a Palestinian 

state, which would have included East Jerusalem as a 

tentative new capital as well as the concession of the 

Gaza Strip and virtually all of the Judea and Samaria 

Area, the Palestinians launched the Second Intifada and 

killed over a thousand Israeli citizens; 

Whereas, in 2008, Israel offered the Palestinians a state on 

terms similar to the 2000 proposal, but with additional 

territorial concessions; 

Whereas, despite repeated Palestinian terrorist attacks 

against both Israelis and Americans alike, Israel’s numerous offers of peace indicate its unwavering willingness 

to work in good faith; 

Whereas antisemitic tropes attacking Israel as a racist or an 

apartheid state only serve to falsify the historical record 

and justify continued terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens; and 

Whereas the United States House of Representatives has an 

obligation to confront and condemn antisemitism in all 

its manifestations: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 


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1 (1) the House of Representatives censures 

2 Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congres3 sional District of Washington, for her antisemitic re4 mark on July 15, 2023, regarding the State of 

5 Israel; 

6 (2) Representative Pramila Jayapal will forth7 with present herself in the well of the House of Rep8 resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; and 

9 (3) Representative Pramila Jayapal will be cen10 sured with the public reading of this resolution by 

11 the Speaker. 

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