Title: Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's removal of United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) the actions taken by the Trump Administration to seek retribution from witnesses of the House impeachment inquiry is a cruel attack on all public servants, and (2) the Administration must immediately end such retribution and should uphold its responsibility to democratic values.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 850 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 850

Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's removal of United 
  States Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from the National 
                           Security Council.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2020

     Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's removal of United 
  States Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from the National 
                           Security Council.

Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman serves our country honorably and 
        selflessly;
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is a Purple Heart recipient and an 
        Iraq war veteran with multiple military honors;
Whereas, on November 19, 2019, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman testified, 
        under subpoena, before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
        the House of Representatives about President Trump's July 25 telephone 
        call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and his concerns about 
        the call, which he reported to his superiors;
Whereas at the hearing, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman said ``I am a 
        patriot, and it is my sacred duty and honor to advance and defend our 
        country, irrespective of party or politics.'';
Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and his twin brother, Lieutenant 
        Colonel Yevgeny Vindman, were removed from the National Security Council 
        on February 7, 2020, in an apparent act of retaliation;
Whereas the Office of the President of the United States should seek to preserve 
        the political neutrality of the Federal Government; and
Whereas blatant attempts to govern by fear, exemplified by the unwarranted and 
        politically motivated termination of two qualified, distinguished, and 
        dedicated public servants has no place in a Nation ruled by laws: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the actions taken by the Trump administration to seek 
        retribution from witnesses of the House impeachment inquiry is 
        a cruel attack on all public servants, creating fear in the 
        United States Government;
            (2) the Trump administration must immediately end 
        retribution of all witnesses of the House impeachment inquiry; 
        and
            (3) the Trump administration should uphold its 
        responsibility to democratic values of the United States.
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