IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 772 
Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2023 
Mr. BERGMAN (for himself, Mr. FRY, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. COLLINS, Ms. 
BOEBERT, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. NORMAN, and Ms. GREENE of 
Georgia) submitted the following resolution 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib. 
Whereas Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has a long history of 
making anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli remarks; 
Whereas, in May of 2019, Congresswoman Tlaib was a guest 
on the Skullduggery podcast and said ‘‘There’s a kind of 
a calming feeling, I always tell folks, when I think of the 
Holocaust and the tragedy of the Holocaust. . .’’; 
Whereas, in September of 2022, Congresswoman Tlaib par-
ticipated in a virtual event hosted by the Americans for 
Justice in Palestine Action and said, ‘‘I want you all to 
know that among progressives, it becomes clear that you 
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cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel’s 
apartheid government,’’; 
Whereas, on May 9, 2023, the CEO and National Director 
of the Anti-Defamation League wrote a letter to Speaker 
McCarthy and Minority Leader Jeffries warning them of 
an event Congresswoman Tlaib was planning on hosting 
in the United States Capitol entitled, ‘‘Nakba 75 & the 
Palestinian People.’’ The letter goes on to say, ‘‘In pre-
vious years, many Nakba Day events have devolved into 
hateful, anti-Israel and even antisemitic language. Just 
last year, in May 2022, speakers at Nakba Day events 
across the country variously referred to Israelis as the 
‘‘stench of White European invaders,’’ called for ‘‘death 
to Israel’’ and stated that ‘‘everyone should fight within 
his means. They will fight with stones. Others will fight 
with guns. Others will fight with planes, drones. And oth-
ers will fight with rockets.’’; 
Whereas, on July 18, 2023, Congresswoman Tlaib voted 
against adopting a resolution Expressing the sense of 
Congress supporting the State of Israel; and 
Whereas, on October 8, 2023, one day after a series of co-
ordinated attacks on Israel perpetrated by Hamas terror-
ists and leaving more Jews dead than any single day 
since the Holocaust, Congresswoman Tlaib issued a 
statement calling Israel an apartheid state and insinu-
ating the United States should end its support for the 
State of Israel: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) censures Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib; 
(2) stands with the State of Israel and rejects 
anti-semitism in all its forms; and 
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(3) renounces fringe beliefs that the State of 
Israel is an apartheid State. 
Æ 
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