IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 789 
Censuring Representative Paul Gosar. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2021 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. COOPER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. 
GARCIA of Texas, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. 
TLAIB, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. 
NORTON, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. 
LEE of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. CLARK of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. OMAR, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. CARSON, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. LIEU, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CROW, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SCANLON, 
Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. DEAN, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. 
CA´RDENAS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ethics 
RESOLUTION 
Censuring Representative Paul Gosar. 
Whereas, on November 7, 2021, Representative Paul Gosar 
posted a manipulated video on his social media accounts 
depicting 
himself 
killing 
Representative 
Alexandria 
Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joseph Biden; 
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Whereas the video was posted on Representative Gosar’s offi-
cial Instagram account and used the resources of the 
House of Representatives to further violence against 
elected officials; 
Whereas Representative Gosar issued a statement on Novem-
ber 9, 2021, defending the video as a ‘‘symbolic cartoon’’ 
and spreading hateful and false rhetoric about immi-
grants; 
Whereas the leadership of the Republican Party has failed to 
condemn Representative Gosar’s threats of violence 
against the President of the United States and a fellow 
Member of Congress; 
Whereas the Speaker of the House made clear that threats 
of violence against Members of Congress and the Presi-
dent of the United States should not be tolerated and 
called on the Committee on Ethics of the House and law 
enforcement to investigate the video; 
Whereas depictions of violence can foment actual violence and 
jeopardize the safety of elected officials, as witnessed in 
this chamber on January 6, 2021; 
Whereas violence against women in politics is a global phe-
nomenon meant to silence women and discourage them 
from seeking positions of authority and participating in 
public life, with women of color disproportionately im-
pacted; 
Whereas a 2016 survey by the Inter-Parliamentary Union 
found that 82 percent of women parliamentarians have 
experienced psychological violence and 44 percent re-
ceived threats of death, sexual violence, beatings, or ab-
duction during their term; and 
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Whereas the participation of women in politics makes our 
government more representative and just: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona be 
censured; 
(2) 
Representative 
Paul 
Gosar 
forthwith 
present himself in the well of the House of Rep-
resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; and 
(3) Representative Paul Gosar be censured with 
the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker. 
Æ 
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