[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1379 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1379
Impeaching Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of the United States, for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 23, 2024
Mr. Ogles submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Impeaching Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of the United States, for
high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of the United
States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the
following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States
Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people
of the United States of America, against Kamala Devi Harris, Vice
President of the United States, in maintenance and support of its
impeachment against her for high crimes and misdemeanors.
article i: willful refusal to uphold the immigration laws
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall
have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and Executive Branch officials,
including the Vice President, ``shall be removed from Office on
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high
Crimes and Misdemeanors''. In her conduct of the Office of Vice
President of the United States, Kamala Devi Harris, in violation of her
constitutional oath to support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, to bear truth
faith and allegiance to the same, and to well and faithfully discharge
the duties of her Office, has willfully and systemically refused to
uphold Federal immigration laws, in that:
In her conduct of the Office of Vice President of the United
States, Kamala Devi Harris, in violation of her constitutional oath to
faithfully execute the Office of Vice President of the United States
and, to the best of her ability, preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States, and in violation of her
constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,
has willfully prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of
justice, in that:
Kamala Devi Harris has demonstrated extraordinary incompetence in
the execution of her duties and responsibilities, a stark refusal to
uphold the existing immigration laws, and a palpable indifference to
people of the United States suffering as a result of the ongoing
southern border crisis in the United States.
Vice President Harris has consistently refused to visit the
southern border to evaluate this ongoing national crisis, aside from a
single trip hundreds of miles away from the epicenter of the migrant
crisis.
Women and girls in the United States have paid a disproportionate
price for the ongoing border crisis, tragically extenuated by the
inaction of border czar Kamala Devi Harris. In August 2023, Rachel
Morin, a mother of 5, was raped and killed by an illegal alien. In
September 2023, an illegal alien attacked a woman and her 9-year-old
daughter in Los Angeles. On May 14, 2024, an illegal alien from Turkey
raped a 15-year-old New York girl after threatening to beat her with a
pipe. In February 2024, a 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley was
killed by an illegal alien. In June 2024, a 13-year-old New York girl
was raped in broad daylight inside a Queens park by an illegal alien;
Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old Houston girl, was killed by 2 illegal
aliens and later found dead after being strangled and sexually
assaulted; 5 illegal aliens were charged with kidnapping a 14-year-old
Indiana girl.
During her tenure as the designated border czar, the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection Agency ``encountered'' nearly 302,000 illegal
aliens at the southwest border in December 2023, the highest monthly
total ever recorded and representing 4 consecutive months of over
240,000 illegal alien ``encounters''.
According to the U.S. Customs and Border data, in the first 5
months of fiscal year 2023, 106,000 pounds of drugs were seized at the
southwest border, including 11,000 pounds of fentanyl. The first 5
months of fiscal year 2023 saw a 179.3-percent increase in fentanyl
seizures over the same time frame in fiscal year 2022.
According to Drug Enforcement Agency statistics, over 50,600,000
fentanyl pills were seized in 2022, including over 10,800 pounds of
fentanyl powder; these fentanyl seizures are enough to kill over
379,000,000 people. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention indicate that 107,735 individuals in the United States
died of a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending July 2022.
According to the U.S. Customs and Border, migrant deaths at the
southwest border of the United States totaled 856 in fiscal year 2022,
the deadliest year on record.
A May 2017 report from Doctors Without Borders indicated that out
of the number of women surveyed, nearly one-third had been sexually
assaulted as they approached the southern border.
In all of this, Kamala Devi Harris willfully and systematically
refused to uphold the immigration laws, failed to control the border to
the detriment of national security, compromised public safety, and
violated the rule of law, to the manifest injury of the people of the
United States.
Wherefore Vice President Kamala Devi Harris, by such conduct, has
demonstrated that she will remain a threat to national security and the
Constitution if allowed to remain in Office, and has acted in a manner
grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. Kamala
Devi Harris thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from Office,
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or
profit under the United States.
article ii: breach of public trust
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall
have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and Executive Branch officials,
including the Vice President, ``shall be removed from Office on
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high
Crimes and Misdemeanors''. In her conduct while Vice President of the
United States, Kamala Devi Harris, in violation of her oath to well and
faithfully discharge the duties of her Office, has breached the public
trust, in that:
Kamala Devi Harris has knowingly misled the people of the United
States and the Congress of the United States, principally to obfuscate
the physical and cognitive well-being of the President of the United
States, Joe Biden. Kamala Devi Harris engaged in this scheme of course
of conduct through the following means:
(1) Kamala Devi Harris, despite maintaining a clear moral
obligation to do so, failed to invoke the procedure stipulated
in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States,
particularly after President Joe Biden's announcement on Sunday
July 21, 2024, that he would no longer be seeking the Democrat
nomination for President of the United States for the 2024
election.
(2) Kamala Devi Harris has refused to answer any questions
regarding President Joe Biden's tragic cognitive decline,
particularly when she began to notice such decline and for how
long she knew the President was no longer capable of
discharging the duties of his office.
In all of this, Kamala Devi Harris breached the public trust in
failing basic expectations of transparency and demonstrating a severe
lack of integrity.
Wherefore Kamala Devi Harris, by such conduct, has demonstrated
that she will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain
in Office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with her
duties and the rule of law. Kamala Devi Harris thus warrants
impeachment and trial, removal from Office, and disqualification to
hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United
States.
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