IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 700 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding President 
Donald J. Trump’s remarks about Haiti, El Salvador, and African Nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2018 
Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CARSON of In-
diana, Ms. BASS, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BROWN of Mary-
land, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT 
of Virginia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. CUM-
MINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. LEE, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CLEAVER, 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
FUDGE, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. 
ADAMS, Ms. PLASKETT, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
MCEACHIN, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SWALWELL 
of California, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. JAYAPAL, 
Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ENGEL, 
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CAPU-
ANO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SIRES, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. COURT-
NEY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. KEATING, 
Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. TITUS, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. BERA, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM 
of New Mexico, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, 
Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VELA, Ms. CLARK of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. 
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•HRES 700 IH 
CRIST, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Mr. TONKO, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BEYER, 
Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. 
TORRES, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. POLIS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
HECK, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. NEAL, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RUP-
PERSBERGER, and Mr. KILMER) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing President Donald J. Trump’s remarks about Haiti, 
El Salvador, and African Nations. 
Whereas, on January 11, 2018, President Trump met with 
several Members of Congress in the White House to dis-
cuss a proposed bipartisan immigration compromise 
which would have, among other things, provided for per-
manent protection to immigrants from Haiti, El Sal-
vador, and other countries that have recently lost Tem-
porary Protected Status designation; 
Whereas according to first-hand participants and several peo-
ple briefed on the meeting, when the issue of Temporary 
Protected Status came up, President Trump stated, 
‘‘Haitians, why do we need more Haitians? Take them 
out.’’; 
Whereas in a separate part of the discussion, referencing 
other components of the proposal, President Trump re-
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