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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 836 

Condemning and censuring Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of 

Representatives. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2020 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. KING

of Iowa, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, 

Mr. GIBBS, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. YOHO, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. 

BIGGS, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 

BRADY, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. HARRIS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Condemning and censuring Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the 

House of Representatives. 

Whereas, on February 4, 2020, President Donald J. Trump 

delivered the State of the Union address, a traditional 

event where the President of the United States, irrespective of party, celebrates the accomplishments benefitting 

the country, and lays out a plan for additional work; 

Whereas the address is one of the rare times the House and 

Senate meet jointly with the President; 

Whereas proper decorum, and a respect for the institution of 

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onstrate civility even to those whose opinions with whom 

they disagree; 

Whereas this has been an accepted and bipartisan practice 

for generations; 

Whereas the State of the Union speech in 2020 recognized 

great Americans, including the last surviving Tuskegee 

Airman, the miraculous survival of a child born prematurely at 21 weeks, the mourning families of Rocky 

Jones and Kayla Mueller, the grandfather of political talk 

radio, historic low rates of unemployment for African 

Americans, Asian Americans and Hispanics, and the 

speech took a heartfelt moment to recognize an active 

duty soldier’s happy reunion with his family; 

Whereas instead of taking responsibility for her impetuous 

and petty outburst, she instead falsely claimed the speech 

was a ‘‘manifesto’’ and contained untruths; 

Whereas Speaker Nancy Pelosi discredited the House of Representatives by publicly ripping up an official copy of the 

State of the Union speech in what has been described as 

a ‘‘temper tantrum’’, ‘‘classless’’, ‘‘disrespectful’’, and a 

‘‘misguided emotional outburst of hate’’; and 

Whereas Speaker Nancy Pelosi has, based on the conduct 

documented above, violated clause 1 of rule XXIII of the 

Code of Official Conduct which states that ‘‘A Member, 

Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer or employee of 

the House shall behave at all times in a manner that 

shall reflect creditably on the House’’: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives publicly cen3 sures and condemns Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her 


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1 inappropriate actions at the 2020 State of the Union 

2 that brought shame, discredit, and public condemna3 tion of the House of Representatives; 

4 (2) Speaker Nancy Pelosi will present herself 

5 on the floor of the House for the pronouncement of 

6 censure and public rapprochement; 

7 (3) Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be censured with 

8 the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; 

9 (4) Speaker Pelosi will acknowledge and admit 

10 wrongdoing as outlined in this Resolution and apolo11 gize to the President and the American people; and 

12 (5) Speaker Pelosi shall be required to take a 

13 reeducation class on House Ethics and certify com14 pletion of 3 hours of reeducation prior to April 15, 

15 2020. 

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