118 HRES 606 IH: Censuring Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congressional District of Washington. U.S. House of Representatives 2023-07-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 606 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2023 Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Duncan) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Censuring Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congressional District of Washington.

Whereas Representative Pramila Jayapal has promoted antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment through her congressional career; Whereas, in May 2021, Representative Jayapal blamed Israel for Hamas’s decision to indiscriminately fire rockets into Israeli territory; Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Representative Jayapal co-sponsored legislation which would have provided congressional disapproval of a proposed direct commercial arms sales to Israel as Israeli citizens were enduring a barrage of 4,300 rockets from Palestinian terrorists; Whereas, on July 15, 2023, Representative Jayapal stated the following to a group of pro-Palestinian protestors: Hey guys, can I say something? Can I say something as somebody that’s been in the streets and has participated in a lot of demonstrations? I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state, that the Palestinian people deserve self-determination and autonomy, that the dream of a two-state solution is slipping away from us, that it does not even feel possible.; Whereas, in 2000, after Yasser Arafat rejected a Palestinian state, which would have included East Jerusalem as a tentative new capital as well as the concession of the Gaza Strip and virtually all of the Judea and Samaria Area, the Palestinians launched the Second Intifada and killed over a thousand Israeli citizens; Whereas, in 2008, Israel offered the Palestinians a state on terms similar to the 2000 proposal, but with additional territorial concessions; Whereas, despite repeated Palestinian terrorist attacks against both Israelis and Americans alike, Israel’s numerous offers of peace indicate its unwavering willingness to work in good faith; Whereas antisemitic tropes attacking Israel as a racist or an apartheid state only serve to falsify the historical record and justify continued terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens; and Whereas the United States House of Representatives has an obligation to confront and condemn antisemitism in all its manifestations: Now, therefore, be it

That— (1)the House of Representatives censures Pramila Jayapal, Representative of the 7th Congressional District of Washington, for her antisemitic remark on July 15, 2023, regarding the State of Israel; (2)Representative Pramila Jayapal will forthwith present herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and (3)Representative Pramila Jayapal will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.