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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 650 

In the matter of George Santos. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 11, 2023 

Mr. GOLDMAN of New York submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

In the matter of George Santos. 

Whereas Representative George Santos deceived and defrauded the voters of New York’s Third Congressional 

District by falsely representing his education, his employment history, his religion, his campaign finances, and his 

family’s connections to some of the world’s most tragic 

events of the past century; 

Whereas George Santos falsely represented that he is a member of the Jewish faith, including the lie that his grandparents were Holocaust survivors; 

Whereas George Santos falsely represented that his mother 

survived the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center 

on September 11, 2001; 


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Whereas George Santos falsely represented that 4 of his employees died in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub 

in Orlando, Florida; 

Whereas George Santos falsely represented that he received 

a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College where he was a 

volleyball champion, and that he received a master’s degree from New York University; 

Whereas George Santos falsely represented that he had 

worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; 

Whereas, in May 2016, George Santos reportedly stole 

$3,000 from 2 New Jersey veterans by fraudulently creating a GoFundMe page to raise money for lifesaving 

surgery for 1 veteran’s dog but that was never used for 

its stated purpose; 

Whereas George Santos falsely claimed that he founded an 

animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs 

and cats; 

Whereas Representative George Santos ran for Congress in 

2020, and stated in his financial disclosure report for 

that campaign that he possessed no assets, real estate, or 

dividends, and received a salary of $55,000 from his 

then-employer; 

Whereas, as early as January 15, 2021, Representative 

George Santos’s campaign committee received more than 

$5,000 in contributions in support of his candidacy for 

the congressional seat in New York’s Third Congressional 

District; 

Whereas, on April 17, 2021, Mr. Santos filed his Statement 

of Candidacy, and by that time, his campaign had received more than $200,000 in contributions; 


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Whereas individuals who become a candidate for the House 

of Representatives must file a financial disclosure report 

(or request an extension) no later than 30 days after they 

raise or spend $5,000 towards their House race, and in 

no case later than 30 days after filing; 

Whereas Mr. Santos was required to file his first financial 

disclosure report no later than May 15, 2021, and a second financial disclosure report on May 16, 2022; 

Whereas Mr. Santos failed to seek an extension of his filing 

deadline yet did not file any financial disclosure report 

until September 6, 2022, after the Republican primary 

on August 23, 2022; 

Whereas in the financial disclosure report September 6, 

2022, Mr. Santos reported a checking account balance of 

more than $100,000, a savings account balance of more 

than $1,000,000, an apartment in Brazil valued between 

$500,000 and $1,000,000, the receipt of ‘‘dividends’’ in 

excess of $1,000,000, and a salary of $750,000 that he 

paid himself for both 2021 and 2022 from an entity he 

incorporated in May 2021; 

Whereas Mr. Santos’s entity was dissolved by the State of 

Florida for failure to file an annual statement that would 

have disclosed details about the entity’s finances; 

Whereas Mr. Santos admitted that he did not own an apartment in Brazil and confessed to Brazilian authorities 

that he engaged in identity theft and check fraud; 

Whereas in his 2022 campaign, Mr. Santos donated a total 

of $705,000 to his campaign, $580,000 of which was 

made before he ever filed a financial disclosure report for 

the 2022 election cycle; 


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Whereas Mr. Santos was indicted by the Department of Justice on May 9, 2023, for wire fraud, money laundering, 

theft of public funds, and making false statements to the 

House of Representatives; 

Whereas, on February 9, 2023, House Resolution 114, One 

Hundred Eighteenth Congress (H. Res. 114), was introduced in the House calling for the expulsion of Representative Santos, and was referred to the Committee on 

Ethics; 

Whereas, on May 17, 2023, the House voted to once again 

refer H. Res. 114 to the Committee on Ethics; 

Whereas, on May 17, 2023, the Speaker promised that the 

Committee on Ethics would expedite its investigation and 

other Republicans said that the Committee would report 

back to the full House within 60 days; and 

Whereas more than 60 days have elapsed, and the Committee 

on Ethics has not reported back to the House about any 

findings from its investigation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That, pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 

2 2 of the Constitution of the United States, Representative 

3 George Santos, be, and he hereby is, expelled from the 

4 House of Representatives. 

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