IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 15 
Rescinding the subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select Committee on 
September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, and 
withdrawing the recommendations finding Stephen K. Bannon, Mark 
Randall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro in contempt 
of Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2025 
Mr. BURLISON (for himself, Mr. SELF, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. WEBER 
of Texas, Mr. OGLES, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mr. CRANE) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Rescinding the subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select 
Committee on September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, 
and February 9, 2022, and withdrawing the rec-
ommendations finding Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Ran-
dall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro 
in contempt of Congress. 
Whereas, on June 30, 2021, Representative Nancy Pelosi, 
then Speaker of the House of Representatives, estab-
lished the Select Committee to Investigate the January 
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6th Attack on the United States Capitol (‘‘Select Com-
mittee’’); 
Whereas the Select Committee was deficient in its composi-
tion, as H. Res. 503, the resolution establishing the Com-
mittee stated, ‘‘The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members to 
the Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after 
consultation with the minority leader;’’; 
Whereas Speaker Pelosi refused to seat Republican members 
named by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to the Select 
Committee, resulting in a solely partisan exercise deter-
mined to vilify President Trump and his advisors for the 
January 6th breach of the U.S. Capitol; 
Whereas Speaker Pelosi refused the selections of Minority 
Leader McCarthy and named only Representatives Liz 
Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to the Select Committee, 
leaving the committee with nine members rather than the 
required thirteen; 
Whereas the Select Committee held hearings, issued sub-
poenas, and published a flawed report without the num-
ber of members required by H. Res. 503; 
Whereas shortly before hearings began, the Select Committee 
named Representative Cheney as ‘‘Vice Chair’’ and oper-
ated without a ranking minority member; 
Whereas the position of vice chair is distinct and different 
from a ranking minority member as clearly understood by 
House Rules, conference and caucus rules, and precedent; 
Whereas H. Res. 503 specifically required the Chair of the 
Select Committee to ‘‘consult with the ranking minority 
member’’ in certain circumstances; 
Whereas H. Res. 503 included the requirement that the 
Chair of the Select Committee could only issue a sub-
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poena ‘‘upon consultation with the ranking minority 
member’’; 
Whereas House Democrats failed to draft and pass H. Res. 
503 in a manner giving the Select Committee Chair uni-
lateral authority to issue subpoenas, thereby rendering all 
subpoenas issued by the Select Committee legally insuffi-
cient; 
Whereas Representative Bennie Thompson, then Chair of the 
Select Committee, failed to ensure the preservation of all 
documents from the Select Committee as is required by 
House Rules, including documents, transcripts of witness 
interviews, and video recordings of the interviews; 
Whereas the Select Committee promoted numerous theories 
without first verifying the veracity of the allegations by 
interviewing witnesses with actual firsthand knowledge of 
the allegations; 
Whereas the Select Committee was a partisan exercise from 
the beginning and its hearings and final report are taint-
ed by the unprecedented partisan decisions made by 
Speaker Pelosi; 
Whereas for nearly two years, the January 6th Committee 
presented uncorroborated evidence that fit its narrative 
with the intent of disgracing President Trump, his advi-
sors, and supporters in an effort to influence future elec-
tions; 
Whereas members of the January 6th Committee withheld 
and destroyed information that would have provided evi-
dence that former President Donald Trump did not en-
gage in an ‘‘insurrection’’; and 
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Whereas the imprisonment of Peter Navarro and Steve 
Bannon represented an unprecedented attempt to silence 
and marginalize political opponents: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That — 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the Select Committee to Investigate the 
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol 
was illegitimate, and that the conclusions and find-
ings presented were predetermined due to the com-
mittee’s partisan nature; 
(2) the subpoenas issued on September 23, 
2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, for 
Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Randall Meadows, Daniel 
Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro are hereby re-
scinded; 
(3) H. Res. 730, recommending that the House 
of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in con-
tempt of Congress, adopted on October 21, 2021, is 
withdrawn, dismissed, and otherwise ended and con-
cluded without further proceedings or enforcement; 
(4) H. Res. 1037, recommending that the 
House of Representatives find Peter K. Navarro and 
Daniel Scavino, Jr. in contempt of Congress, adopt-
ed on April 6, 2022, is withdrawn, dismissed, and 
otherwise ended and concluded without further pro-
ceedings or enforcement; 
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(5) H. Res. 851, recommending that the House 
of Representatives find Mark Randall Meadows in 
contempt of Congress, adopted on December 14, 
2021, is withdrawn, dismissed, and otherwise ended 
and concluded without further proceedings or en-
forcement; and 
(6) pursuant to sections 192 and 194 of title 2, 
United States Code, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall notify the Department of Jus-
tice that the subpoenas are hereby rescinded and 
shall be considered null and void. 
Æ 
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