[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 327 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 327

             In the matter of Representative Maxine Waters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2021

 Mrs. Greene of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
                  referred to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
             In the matter of Representative Maxine Waters.

Whereas Representative Waters has repeatedly called for violence, civil unrest, 
        harassment, and assault of public and private persons throughout her 
        tenure as a Member of Congress;
Whereas in the wake of the Rodney King riots in May 1992, Representative Waters 
        said, ``If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of 
        crazy people who went out and did bad things for no reason. I maintain 
        it was somewhat understandable, if not acceptable. So I call it a 
        rebellion.'';
Whereas, on January 27, 2007, Representative Waters told an anti-Iraq war rally, 
        ``My name is Maxine Waters and I am not afraid of George Bush. My name 
        is Maxine Waters and I'm not intimidated by Dick Cheney. My name is 
        Maxine Waters and I have to get rid of Rumsfeld.'';
Whereas, on October 20, 2017, Representative Waters told a crowd at an LGBTQ 
        Youth Gala, ``With this kind of inspiration, I will go and take Trump 
        out tonight.'';
Whereas, on June 23, 2018, Representative Waters told a crowd, ``If you see 
        anybody from [President Trump's cabinet] in a restaurant, in a 
        department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a 
        crowd and you push back on them! And you tell them that they are not 
        welcome, anymore, anywhere.'';
Whereas, on September 8, 2018, Representative Waters told a crowd of her 
        supporters in Los Angeles, ``I did not threaten [Trump] constituents and 
        supporters. I do that all the time, but I didn't do that that time.'';
Whereas, on April 17, 2021, Representative Waters told violent protesters, 
        ``We've got to stay on the street, and we've got to get more active, 
        we've got to get more confrontational. We've got to make sure that they 
        know that we mean business.'';
Whereas, Representative Waters traveled across State lines to promote and 
        encourage riots that led to violence and community destruction which is 
        a felony punishable by up to five years in prison (18 U.S.C. 2101);
Whereas Representative Waters has threatened a jury if they do not find a guilty 
        verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin;
Whereas following Representative Waters' speech in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 
        the following events occurred:

    (1) More than one hundred protesters violated the 11 p.m. city curfew 
after Representative Waters told them to ``stay on the street'';

    (2) The Minnesota Operation Safety Net, a coalition of police agencies, 
found bags of rocks, paint-filled plastic eggs and paintball guns at the 
scene intended for use against police;

    (3) National Guardsmen were fired upon in the early hours of April 18, 
2021;

Whereas, throughout her time as a sitting Member of Congress, Representative 
        Waters has repeatedly incited violence through her harmful rhetoric and 
        led violent mobs in the destruction of public and private property and 
        in protest against officers of the United States, including local police 
        and national guardsmen;
Whereas Representative Waters has violated House Rule 23, Clause 1, which states 
        that ``A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee 
        of the House shall conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall 
        reflect creditably on the House.''; and
Whereas the United States House of Representatives finds the words and actions 
        of Representative Waters abhorrent and harmful to public safety, the 
        rule of law, and the material security of the people of the United 
        States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 2 of the 
United States Constitution, Representative Maxine Waters, be, and she 
hereby is, expelled from the House of Representatives for inciting 
violence and engaging in rioting and protest against citizens and 
officers of the United States, including President Donald J. Trump.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Expel Maxine Waters 
Resolution for Incitement of Violence and Rioting against the United 
States''.
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