Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex.

Bill: 118-hres-807
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2023-10-24
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

House of Representatives

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-10-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution censures Representative Rashida Tlaib and condemns support for terrorist organizations.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 807 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2023 Ms. Greene of Georgia (for herself, Mr. Carter of Texas , Mr. Collins , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Van Drew ) submitted the following resolution October 25, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Ethics , and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned RESOLUTION Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex.

Whereas in May 2019, Rashida Tlaib said that she celebrated the Holocaust, and felt a calming feeling when thinking about the genocide of millions of Jews; Whereas in 2020, Rashida Tlaib retweeted an illustration with the caption, From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free , and this Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) slogan has been adopted by Hamas and calls for the elimination of Israel and the death of all Jews; Whereas in September 2022, Rashida Tlaib, as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, displayed her disdain for Israel, saying, You cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel’s apartheid government. ; Whereas instead of denouncing the horrors of Hamas slaughtering Israelis and demanding the release of all hostages held by Hamas, Rashida Tlaib stated on October 8, 2023, The path to the future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance. ; Whereas Rashida Tlaib exhibited her hatred for America by reposting a message on October 12, 2023, blaming America for allowing the deaths of Palestinian babies at the hands of Israel; Whereas Rashida Tlaib led an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex on October 18, 2023, which put Members of Congress, their staffs, and Capitol visitors in danger by shutting down elevators, stairwells, and points of egress, while obstructing official business in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, including a Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing; Whereas the insurrection led by Rashida Tlaib was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, which the Anti-Defamation League calls a radical anti-Israel activist group that advocates for a complete economic, cultural and academic boycott of the state of Israel , and that believes Israeli policies and actions are motivated by deeply rooted Jewish racial chauvinism and religious supremacism. ; Whereas members of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left nonprofit organization, were present at the insurrection at the Capitol on October 18, 2023; Whereas several insurrectionists at the Capitol belong to a group messaging chat called, Global Intifada , which is the Arabic word for rebellion or uprising , and refers to a series of protests and violent riots carried out by Palestinians in Israel during the last century; Whereas by leading an anti-American and antisemitic insurrection on October 18, 2023, Rashida Tlaib followed Hezbollah’s orders to carry out a day of unprecedented anger following an explosion at a Gazan hospital, lying about Israel’s responsibility for the attack, which United States intelligence agencies said was not perpetrated by Israel; and Whereas Members of Congress who denounce the United States while praising terrorist organizations are unfit to hold office: Now, therefore, be it

That— (1) Representative Rashida Tlaib be censured; (2) Representative Rashida Tlaib forthwith present herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; (3) Representative Rashida Tlaib be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and (4) the House of Representatives condemns support for terrorist organizations.