Title: Condemning and censuring Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
This resolution censures and condemns Speaker Pelosi for certain actions at the 2020 State of the Union address on February 4, 2020.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 836 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 836

    Condemning and censuring Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of 
                            Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2020

Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Norman, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. King of 
  Iowa, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Wright, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Gibbs, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Massie, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Biggs, Mr. 
Hice of Georgia, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Brady, Mr. Marshall, 
and Mr. Harris) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                       to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Condemning and censuring Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of 
                            Representatives.

Whereas, on February 4, 2020, President Donald J. Trump delivered the State of 
        the Union address, a traditional event where the President of the United 
        States, irrespective of party, celebrates the accomplishments 
        benefitting the country, and lays out a plan for additional work;
Whereas the address is one of the rare times the House and Senate meet jointly 
        with the President;
Whereas proper decorum, and a respect for the institution of Congress, requires 
        the Members in attendance to demonstrate civility even to those whose 
        opinions with whom they disagree;
Whereas this has been an accepted and bipartisan practice for generations;
Whereas the State of the Union speech in 2020 recognized great Americans, 
        including the last surviving Tuskegee Airman, the miraculous survival of 
        a child born prematurely at 21 weeks, the mourning families of Rocky 
        Jones and Kayla Mueller, the grandfather of political talk radio, 
        historic low rates of unemployment for African Americans, Asian 
        Americans and Hispanics, and the speech took a heartfelt moment to 
        recognize an active duty soldier's happy reunion with his family;
Whereas instead of taking responsibility for her impetuous and petty outburst, 
        she instead falsely claimed the speech was a ``manifesto'' and contained 
        untruths;
Whereas Speaker Nancy Pelosi discredited the House of Representatives by 
        publicly ripping up an official copy of the State of the Union speech in 
        what has been described as a ``temper tantrum'', ``classless'', 
        ``disrespectful'', and a ``misguided emotional outburst of hate''; and
Whereas Speaker Nancy Pelosi has, based on the conduct documented above, 
        violated clause 1 of rule XXIII of the Code of Official Conduct which 
        states that ``A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer or 
        employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall 
        reflect creditably on the House'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives publicly censures and 
        condemns Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her inappropriate actions at 
        the 2020 State of the Union that brought shame, discredit, and 
        public condemnation of the House of Representatives;
            (2) Speaker Nancy Pelosi will present herself on the floor 
        of the House for the pronouncement of censure and public 
        rapprochement;
            (3) Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be censured with the public 
        reading of this resolution by the Speaker;
            (4) Speaker Pelosi will acknowledge and admit wrongdoing as 
        outlined in this Resolution and apologize to the President and 
        the American people; and
            (5) Speaker Pelosi shall be required to take a reeducation 
        class on House Ethics and certify completion of 3 hours of 
        reeducation prior to April 15, 2020.
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