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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 771 

Censuring the President of the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 18, 2019 

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

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring the President of the United States. 

Whereas, in his conduct of the office of President of the 

United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath 

to faithfully execute the office of the President of the 

United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, 

protect, and defend the Constitution of the United 

States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take 

care that the laws be faithfully executed—Donald J. 

Trump, acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States Government, abused the 

powers of the Presidency for his own personal political 

gain; 

Whereas President Trump, using the powers of his high office, solicited the interference of Ukraine in the 2020 

United States Presidential election; 


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Whereas President Trump conducted a scheme or course of 

conduct that included a recorded telephone conversation 

with President Zelensky, soliciting the Government of 

Ukraine to investigate his political rival, former Vice 

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; 

Whereas President Trump abused the powers of the Presidency by ignoring or injuring vital national interests to 

obtain an improper personal political benefit by abusing 

his high office to undermine the integrity of the United 

States democratic process; 

Whereas President Trump has undermined America’s national security and the safety of our people with a growing list of unconstitutional and reckless actions, including 

but not limited to: 

(1) Violating the War Powers Resolution and Article 

I of the Constitution by carrying out acts of war without 

Congressional approval. 

(2) Illegally and unconstitutionally using U.S. military forces to occupy and pillage oilfield reserves of Syria, 

a sovereign nation. 

(3) Recklessly enabling President Erdogan of Turkey to invade and occupy Northern Syria and conduct 

ethnic cleansing of Syrian Kurds. 

(4) Continued support for Saudi Arabia’s genocidal 

war in Yemen that has caused death, suffering, and starvation. 

(5) Recklessly abandoning nuclear agreements and 

treaties, like the INF treaty with Russia and the Iran 

nuclear agreement, thereby increasing the risk of nuclear 

war, nuclear proliferation, and war with Iran. 

In these and other ways, President Donald Trump has undermined the safety and security of the American people; 


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Whereas President Trump has demonstrated that he has 

acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law; and 

Whereas President Trump has acted in a manner contrary to 

the trust voters placed in him as President, to the great 

prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the 

manifest injury of the people of the United States: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives does 

2 hereby— 

3 (1) censure President Donald J. Trump for ac4 tions taken by the President as outlined in this Res5 olution, which constitute a willful abuse of power; 

6 (2) censure President Donald J. Trump for 

7 putting his personal political interests before those 

8 of the American people in a manner that undermines 

9 the integrity of the United States democratic proc10 ess; 

11 (3) call on President Donald J. Trump to re12 frain from any conduct that invites foreign inter13 ference in United States elections or undermines 

14 United States Government investigations into for15 eign interference; 

16 (4) call on President Donald J. Trump and the 

17 executive branch of government to respect the con18 stitutionally defined separation of powers; 


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1 (5) strongly urges President Donald J. Trump 

2 to uphold his oath of office as established by the 

3 Constitution of the United States and fulfill his con4 stitutional responsibilities to the American people; 

5 and 

6 (6) call on President Donald J. Trump to ac7 knowledge and admit wrongdoing as outlined in this 

8 Resolution and apologize to the American people. 

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