[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 771 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 771

             Censuring the President of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2019

 Ms. Gabbard submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
             Censuring the President of the United States.

Whereas, in his conduct of the office of President of the United States--and in 
        violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of 
        the President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
        preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and 
        in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be 
        faithfully executed--Donald J. Trump, acting both directly and through 
        his agents within and outside the United States Government, abused the 
        powers of the Presidency for his own personal political gain;
Whereas President Trump, using the powers of his high office, solicited the 
        interference of Ukraine in the 2020 United States Presidential election;
Whereas President Trump conducted a scheme or course of conduct that included a 
        recorded telephone conversation with President Zelensky, soliciting the 
        Government of Ukraine to investigate his political rival, former Vice 
        President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.;
Whereas President Trump abused the powers of the Presidency by ignoring or 
        injuring vital national interests to obtain an improper personal 
        political benefit by abusing his high office to undermine the integrity 
        of the United States democratic process;
Whereas President Trump has undermined America's national security and the 
        safety of our people with a growing list of unconstitutional and 
        reckless actions, including but not limited to:

    (1) Violating the War Powers Resolution and Article I of the 
Constitution by carrying out acts of war without Congressional approval.

    (2) Illegally and unconstitutionally using U.S. military forces to 
occupy and pillage oilfield reserves of Syria, a sovereign nation.

    (3) Recklessly enabling President Erdogan of Turkey to invade and 
occupy Northern Syria and conduct ethnic cleansing of Syrian Kurds.

    (4) Continued support for Saudi Arabia's genocidal war in Yemen that 
has caused death, suffering, and starvation.

    (5) Recklessly abandoning nuclear agreements and treaties, like the INF 
treaty with Russia and the Iran nuclear agreement, thereby increasing the 
risk of nuclear war, nuclear proliferation, and war with Iran.

In these and other ways, President Donald Trump has undermined the safety and 
        security of the American people;
Whereas President Trump has demonstrated that he has acted in a manner grossly 
        incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law; and
Whereas President Trump has acted in a manner contrary to the trust voters 
        placed in him as President, to the great prejudice of the cause of law 
        and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the United 
        States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives does hereby--
            (1) censure President Donald J. Trump for actions taken by 
        the President as outlined in this Resolution, which constitute 
        a willful abuse of power;
            (2) censure President Donald J. Trump for putting his 
        personal political interests before those of the American 
        people in a manner that undermines the integrity of the United 
        States democratic process;
            (3) call on President Donald J. Trump to refrain from any 
        conduct that invites foreign interference in United States 
        elections or undermines United States Government investigations 
        into foreign interference;
            (4) call on President Donald J. Trump and the executive 
        branch of government to respect the constitutionally defined 
        separation of powers;
            (5) strongly urges President Donald J. Trump to uphold his 
        oath of office as established by the Constitution of the United 
        States and fulfill his constitutional responsibilities to the 
        American people; and
            (6) call on President Donald J. Trump to acknowledge and 
        admit wrongdoing as outlined in this Resolution and apologize 
        to the American people.
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