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Whereas, according to the indictment and public reporting, 
Trinity Health Care Services, a family-owned health care 
company led by Representative Cherfilus-McCormick, re-
ceived a FEMA-funded contract to provide COVID–19 
vaccination staffing services in 2021, and in July 2021 
received an overpayment of approximately $5,000,000 in 
disaster funds from FEMA; 
Whereas the indictment alleges that Representative Cherfilus- 
McCormick and her co-defendants conspired to steal that 
$5,000,000 in overpaid FEMA funds by failing to return 
the money, diverting the proceeds for their own benefit, 
and concealing the nature and source of the funds 
through a series of financial transactions designed to 
launder the money; 
Whereas the indictment further alleges that Representative 
Cherfilus-McCormick used a substantial portion of the 
stolen disaster funds to finance her congressional cam-
paign, including by— 
(1) making large personal loans to her campaign 
committee that were funded by the FEMA overpayment; 
and 
(2) orchestrating illegal straw donor contributions by 
routing money through other individuals to evade Federal 
campaign finance limits and reporting requirements; 
Whereas these alleged acts constitute serious violations of 
Federal criminal law, including theft of government 
funds, wire fraud, money laundering, unlawful campaign 
contributions, and false tax filings, and would represent 
a gross abuse of the public trust by misusing taxpayer 
dollars intended for disaster relief to advance a personal 
political career; 
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Whereas 
Representative 
Cherfilus-McCormick 
reportedly 
faces a potential maximum sentence of fifty-three years 
in Federal prison if convicted on all counts; 
Whereas independent of the criminal charges, the Committee 
on Ethics of the House has already opened, and in the 
One Hundred Nineteenth Congress re-authorized, an In-
vestigative Subcommittee to review allegations that Rep-
resentative Cherfilus-McCormick may have violated cam-
paign finance laws and regulations in connection with her 
2022 special election and 2022 reelection campaigns; 
failed to properly disclose required information on finan-
cial and other statements filed with the House; and/or ac-
cepted voluntary services for official work from an indi-
vidual not employed in her congressional office; 
Whereas FEMA disaster relief funds are appropriated by 
Congress and administered by the executive branch for 
the purpose of helping communities recover from emer-
gencies, disasters, and public health crises, and any theft 
or diversion of such funds for personal or political gain 
constitutes a direct betrayal of the taxpayers and disaster 
victims those funds are meant to serve; 
Whereas Members of the House of Representatives are re-
quired by rule XXIII of the Rules of the House to con-
duct themselves at all times in a manner that reflects 
creditably on the House, and the alleged theft and misuse 
of Federal disaster funds, coupled with a pattern of cam-
paign finance and ethics concerns, falls far short of that 
standard; 
Whereas public confidence in the integrity of Congress is se-
verely undermined when a sitting Member is charged 
with stealing millions of dollars in disaster relief funds 
and using those funds to buy electoral advantage, all 
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while under ongoing House Ethics Committee investiga-
tion for related misconduct; 
Whereas on the social media platform ‘‘X’’, or x.com, the offi-
cial congressional account for Representative Cherfilus- 
McCormick posted on March 30, 2023, that no American 
is above the law, on June 9, 2023, that ‘‘no American 
is above the law’’, on August 15, 2023, that ‘‘no Amer-
ican is above the law’’, and July 3, 2024, that no one is 
above the law; and 
Whereas the pattern of alleged criminal conduct and ethics 
concerns surrounding Representative Cherfilus-McCor-
mick raises serious questions about her judgment, integ-
rity, and fitness to continue to serve in the House of 
Representatives: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 
2 of the Constitution of the United States, Representative 
Cherfilus-McCormick, be, and she hereby is, expelled from 
the United States House of Representatives. 
Æ 
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