IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 265 
Condemning the Trump administration for the use of an unauthorized method 
of communicating highly sensitive or potentially classified information 
regarding a United States military operation via the messaging platform 
‘‘Signal’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas (for herself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, 
and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, 
and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the Trump administration for the use of an 
unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive 
or potentially classified information regarding a United 
States military operation via the messaging platform 
‘‘Signal’’. 
Whereas Vice President J.D. Vance used an unauthorized 
method of communicating highly sensitive or potentially 
classified information regarding a United States military 
operation via the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’; 
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•HRES 265 IH 
Whereas the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used an un-
authorized method of communicating highly sensitive or 
potentially classified information regarding a United 
States military operation via the messaging platform 
‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the Secretary of State Marco Rubio used an unau-
thorized method of communicating highly sensitive or po-
tentially classified information regarding a United States 
military operation via the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard 
used an unauthorized method of communicating highly 
sensitive or potentially classified information regarding a 
United States military operation via the messaging plat-
form ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas Presidential Advisor Stephen Miller used an unau-
thorized method of communicating highly sensitive or po-
tentially classified information regarding a United States 
military operation via the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs Mike Walz used an unauthorized method of com-
municating highly sensitive or potentially classified infor-
mation regarding a United States military operation via 
the messaging platform ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent used an 
unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive 
or potentially classified information regarding a United 
States military operation via the messaging platform 
‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John 
Ratcliffe used an unauthorized method of communicating 
highly sensitive or potentially classified information re-
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•HRES 265 IH 
garding a United States military operation via the mes-
saging platform ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the National Security Council official Brian McCor-
mack used an unauthorized method of communicating 
highly sensitive or potentially classified information re-
garding a United States military operation via the mes-
saging platform ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles used an 
unauthorized method of communicating highly sensitive 
or potentially classified information regarding a United 
States military operation via the messaging platform 
‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas the National Security Council official Steve Witkoff 
used an unauthorized method of communicating highly 
sensitive or potentially classified information regarding a 
United States military operation via the messaging plat-
form ‘‘Signal’’; 
Whereas members of the administration may not have prop-
erly documented highly sensitive and potentially classified 
information in accordance with chapters 21, 29, 31, and 
33 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as 
the Federal Records Act), enacted in 1950; 
Whereas foreign adversaries have previously accessed and 
consistently attempt to access highly sensitive and classi-
fied information relevant to United States National Secu-
rity, such as China’s successful 2024 attempt to infiltrate 
the United States Treasury and Russia’s targeting of 
United States military plans and sensitive data, notably 
through operations like Moonlight Maze and espionage 
activities such as the Arc Electronics case, which include 
cyberattacks and illegal technology exports; 
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