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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 846 

Censuring Representative Brian Mast. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2023 

Ms. JACOBS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring Representative Brian Mast. 

Whereas Representative Brian Mast served honorably in the 

United States Army with distinct sacrifice, dedication, 

and bravery; 

Whereas Representative Brian Mast has repeatedly made inflammatory statements regarding innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza who are in harm’s way through no fault 

of their own as a result of horrific terrorist attacks conducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023; 

Whereas Representative Brian Mast’s refusal to distinguish 

innocent Palestinians from Hamas terrorists is false, misleading, dehumanizing, dangerous, and unbecoming of a 

Member of Congress; 

Whereas, on October 19, 2023, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee markup, Representative Brian Mast emVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Nov 07, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR846.IH HR846

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phatically asserted that any urgently needed humanitarian aid for innocent Palestinian civilians who are in 

harm’s way through no fault of their own ‘‘should be 

slowed down’’ and that there should be ‘‘every effort 

made to slow down any perceived assistance’’; 

Whereas, on October 19, 2023, during the same House Foreign Affairs Committee markup, Representative Brian 

Mast stated that terrorism is ‘‘absolutely supported by 

the Palestinian people from elementary school all the way 

up into the elderly’’; 

Whereas, on November 1, 2023, during a speech on the 

House Floor, Representative Brian Mast inexcusably 

compared innocent Palestinian civilians, including children, who are often used as human shields by Hamas 

terrorists, to ‘‘Nazi’’ collaborators that perpetrated the 

Holocaust against the Jewish people; 

Whereas the horrific crime against humanity perpetrated by 

Nazis that resulted in the murder of more than 

6,000,000 Jews during the Holocaust should never be 

trivialized; 

Whereas, on November 1, 2023, during a speech on the 

House Floor, Representative Brian Mast stated that 

‘‘there are very few innocent Palestinian civilians’’; 

Whereas, on November 2, 2023, Representative Brian Mast 

again incorrectly conflated innocent Palestinian civilians 

with Hamas terrorists by tweeting a video of a Hamas 

leader and asserting that ‘‘a two-state solution means 

making a state out of these murderous terrorists who are 

openly calling for the atrocities of October 7 to be committed over and over again’’; 


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Whereas Representative Brian Mast’s repeated conflation of 

innocent Palestinian civilians with Hamas terrorists 

sends a message to the world that violence against all 

Palestinians is legitimate and risks the incitement of brutal attacks across the Middle East region including settler violence in the West Bank and Hezbollah aggression 

in Northern Israel; 

Whereas instances of anti-Arab hate and Islamophobia have 

been on the rise, including the hate-fueled murder of 

Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian American, 

who was stabbed to death in his home in Illinois on October 15, 2023, because of his identity; and 

Whereas Representative Brian Mast’s comments regarding 

innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza are dehumanizing, 

inflammatory, unacceptable and can be reasonably construed as inviting the targeted murder of innocent Palestinians, fanning the flames of violence in the Middle 

East and violating the international rules of war: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That Representative Brian Mast be cen2 sured. 

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