IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 606 
Censuring Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congressional District 
of Washington. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2023 
Mr. OGLES (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. DUNCAN) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics 
RESOLUTION 
Censuring Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th 
Congressional District of Washington. 
Whereas Representative Pramila Jayapal has promoted 
antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment through her con-
gressional career; 
Whereas, in May 2021, Representative Jayapal blamed Israel 
for Hamas’s decision to indiscriminately fire rockets into 
Israeli territory; 
Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Representative Jayapal co-spon-
sored legislation which would have provided congressional 
disapproval of a proposed direct commercial arms sales to 
Israel as Israeli citizens were enduring a barrage of 
4,300 rockets from Palestinian terrorists; 
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•HRES 606 IH 
Whereas, on July 15, 2023, Representative Jayapal stated 
the following to a group of pro-Palestinian protestors: 
‘‘Hey guys, can I say something? Can I say something 
as somebody that’s been in the streets and has partici-
pated in a lot of demonstrations? I want you to know 
that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel 
is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve self- 
determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two- 
state solution is slipping away from us, that it does not 
even feel possible.’’; 
Whereas, in 2000, after Yasser Arafat rejected a Palestinian 
state, which would have included East Jerusalem as a 
tentative new capital as well as the concession of the 
Gaza Strip and virtually all of the Judea and Samaria 
Area, the Palestinians launched the Second Intifada and 
killed over a thousand Israeli citizens; 
Whereas, in 2008, Israel offered the Palestinians a state on 
terms similar to the 2000 proposal, but with additional 
territorial concessions; 
Whereas, despite repeated Palestinian terrorist attacks 
against both Israelis and Americans alike, Israel’s nu-
merous offers of peace indicate its unwavering willingness 
to work in good faith; 
Whereas antisemitic tropes attacking Israel as a racist or an 
apartheid state only serve to falsify the historical record 
and justify continued terrorist attacks against Israeli citi-
zens; and 
Whereas the United States House of Representatives has an 
obligation to confront and condemn antisemitism in all 
its manifestations: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
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•HRES 606 IH 
(1) the House of Representatives censures 
Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congres-
sional District of Washington, for her antisemitic re-
mark on July 15, 2023, regarding the State of 
Israel; 
(2) Representative Pramila Jayapal will forth-
with present herself in the well of the House of Rep-
resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; and 
(3) Representative Pramila Jayapal will be cen-
sured with the public reading of this resolution by 
the Speaker. 
Æ 
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