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

Bill: 116-hres-850
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2020-02-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Evidence and witnesses

Executive Office of the President

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 850 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 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

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.