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attacking the press through inflammatory rhetoric in his 
speeches and on social media, including— 
(1) accusing without evidence media outlets such as 
The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, 
MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC of ‘‘illegal’’ behav-
ior during a speech at the Department of Justice; 
(2) claiming CNN and MSNBC networks are ‘‘polit-
ical arms of the Democrat Party’’ during a speech at the 
Department of Justice; 
(3) excluding the Associated Press from the White 
House press pool access due to disputes over naming con-
ventions, leading to legal challenges concerning First 
Amendment violations; 
(4) filing a lawsuit against CBS News over a ‘‘60 
Minutes’’ interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, 
alleging biased editing and calling for CBS to lose broad-
cast licenses; 
(5) seeking to defund National Public Radio and 
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), including launching 
a Federal Communications Commission probe and issuing 
an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting to cease providing direct and indirect funds 
to either broadcaster; 
(6) refusing to take questions from NBC News re-
porters, claiming the network is ‘‘discredited’’; 
(7) seeking to impose the Administration’s policy 
preferences on independent news organizations by forcing 
PBS to eliminate its diversity, equity, and inclusion office 
using threats of government funding cuts and ignoring 
reporters who list pronouns in their email signatures; and 
(8) rescinding a Department of Justice policy 
against subpoenaing journalists, exposing journalists’ 
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sources to the threat of possible identification and pun-
ishment; 
Whereas President Trump has used executive action to sig-
nificantly reduce the United States Agency for Global 
Media (USAGM), leading to the placement of Voice of 
America journalists on administrative leave and the at-
tempted termination of grants for Radio Free Asia, 
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Middle East 
Broadcasting Network, which broadcast news to regions 
lacking free press; 
Whereas these actions demonstrate disdain for the funda-
mental rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the 
press specifically protected in the First Amendment of 
the United States Constitution; 
Whereas 
these 
actions 
set 
a 
dangerous 
precedent, 
emboldening authoritarian regimes abroad to suppress 
free expression and silence dissent, and endangering the 
lives of journalists working in or broadcasting in authori-
tarian countries; 
Whereas, as of the date of the introduction of this resolution, 
11 USAGM reporters are behind bars abroad, and inter-
national employees of USAGM in both Washington, DC, 
and abroad are on work visas and risk deportation to 
hostile countries without the support and protection of 
the United States; and 
Whereas the United States has historically been a global 
leader in championing press freedom and condemning 
censorship and must reaffirm that commitment: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) strongly condemns President Donald J. 
Trump’s attacks on the press, including efforts to 
delegitimize and restrict journalistic institutions; 
(2) reaffirms the essential role of a free press 
in preserving democracy and ensuring governmental 
accountability; 
(3) urges the executive branch to respect the 
rights of journalists and allow them to perform their 
duties without fear of retaliation; 
(4) calls for continued efforts to secure the re-
lease of the 11 USAGM journalists imprisoned 
abroad; and 
(5) expresses solidarity with journalists who 
face threats, harassment, or violence as a result of 
their commitment to truth and public service. 
Æ 
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