IV 

119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 15 

Rescinding the subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select Committee on 

September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, and 

withdrawing the recommendations finding Stephen K. Bannon, Mark 

Randall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro in contempt 

of Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2025 

Mr. BURLISON (for himself, Mr. SELF, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. WEBER

of Texas, Mr. OGLES, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mr. CRANE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Rescinding the subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select 

Committee on September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, 

and February 9, 2022, and withdrawing the recommendations finding Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Randall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro 

in contempt of Congress. 

Whereas, on June 30, 2021, Representative Nancy Pelosi, 

then Speaker of the House of Representatives, established the Select Committee to Investigate the January 


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6th Attack on the United States Capitol (‘‘Select Committee’’); 

Whereas the Select Committee was deficient in its composition, as H. Res. 503, the resolution establishing the Committee stated, ‘‘The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members to 

the Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after 

consultation with the minority leader;’’; 

Whereas Speaker Pelosi refused to seat Republican members 

named by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to the Select 

Committee, resulting in a solely partisan exercise determined to vilify President Trump and his advisors for the 

January 6th breach of the U.S. Capitol; 

Whereas Speaker Pelosi refused the selections of Minority 

Leader McCarthy and named only Representatives Liz 

Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to the Select Committee, 

leaving the committee with nine members rather than the 

required thirteen; 

Whereas the Select Committee held hearings, issued subpoenas, and published a flawed report without the number of members required by H. Res. 503; 

Whereas shortly before hearings began, the Select Committee 

named Representative Cheney as ‘‘Vice Chair’’ and operated without a ranking minority member; 

Whereas the position of vice chair is distinct and different 

from a ranking minority member as clearly understood by 

House Rules, conference and caucus rules, and precedent; 

Whereas H. Res. 503 specifically required the Chair of the 

Select Committee to ‘‘consult with the ranking minority 

member’’ in certain circumstances; 

Whereas H. Res. 503 included the requirement that the 

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poena ‘‘upon consultation with the ranking minority 

member’’; 

Whereas House Democrats failed to draft and pass H. Res. 

503 in a manner giving the Select Committee Chair unilateral authority to issue subpoenas, thereby rendering all 

subpoenas issued by the Select Committee legally insufficient; 

Whereas Representative Bennie Thompson, then Chair of the 

Select Committee, failed to ensure the preservation of all 

documents from the Select Committee as is required by 

House Rules, including documents, transcripts of witness 

interviews, and video recordings of the interviews; 

Whereas the Select Committee promoted numerous theories 

without first verifying the veracity of the allegations by 

interviewing witnesses with actual firsthand knowledge of 

the allegations; 

Whereas the Select Committee was a partisan exercise from 

the beginning and its hearings and final report are tainted by the unprecedented partisan decisions made by 

Speaker Pelosi; 

Whereas for nearly two years, the January 6th Committee 

presented uncorroborated evidence that fit its narrative 

with the intent of disgracing President Trump, his advisors, and supporters in an effort to influence future elections; 

Whereas members of the January 6th Committee withheld 

and destroyed information that would have provided evidence that former President Donald Trump did not engage in an ‘‘insurrection’’; and 


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Whereas the imprisonment of Peter Navarro and Steve 

Bannon represented an unprecedented attempt to silence 

and marginalize political opponents: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That — 

2 (1) it is the sense of the House of Representa3 tives that the Select Committee to Investigate the 

4 January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol 

5 was illegitimate, and that the conclusions and find6 ings presented were predetermined due to the com7 mittee’s partisan nature; 

8 (2) the subpoenas issued on September 23, 

9 2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, for 

10 Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Randall Meadows, Daniel 

11 Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro are hereby re12 scinded; 

13 (3) H. Res. 730, recommending that the House 

14 of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in con15 tempt of Congress, adopted on October 21, 2021, is 

16 withdrawn, dismissed, and otherwise ended and con17 cluded without further proceedings or enforcement; 

18 (4) H. Res. 1037, recommending that the 

19 House of Representatives find Peter K. Navarro and 

20 Daniel Scavino, Jr. in contempt of Congress, adopt21 ed on April 6, 2022, is withdrawn, dismissed, and 

22 otherwise ended and concluded without further pro23 ceedings or enforcement; 


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1 (5) H. Res. 851, recommending that the House 

2 of Representatives find Mark Randall Meadows in 

3 contempt of Congress, adopted on December 14, 

4 2021, is withdrawn, dismissed, and otherwise ended 

5 and concluded without further proceedings or en6 forcement; and 

7 (6) pursuant to sections 192 and 194 of title 2, 

8 United States Code, the Speaker of the House of 

9 Representatives shall notify the Department of Jus10 tice that the subpoenas are hereby rescinded and 

11 shall be considered null and void. 

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