[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 773 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 773

 Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the 
                       House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 2023

Mr. D'Esposito (for himself, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Williams of 
      New York, and Mr. Lawler) submitted the following resolution

                            October 25, 2023

                  Referred to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the 
                       House of Representatives.

Whereas George Anthony Devolder Santos, known as George Santos, was elected to 
        represent New York's 3d Congressional District in the House of 
        Representatives on November 8, 2022;
Whereas after election day, it was revealed George Santos lied about a 
        significant portion of his background, including his education and 
        previous employment;
Whereas George Santos has a long history of misrepresenting his and his family's 
        connections to major events, including the Holocaust, the September 11th 
        terrorist attacks, and the Pulse nightclub shooting;
Whereas, on May 9, 2023, George Santos was indicted on 13 counts of wire fraud, 
        money laundering, stealing public funds, and lying on Federal financial 
        disclosure forms to the House of Representatives;
Whereas a Federal grand jury indicted an aide to George Santos' campaign on 
        charges of wire fraud and identity theft for defrauding potential donors 
        by impersonating Speaker Kevin McCarthy's former Chief of Staff;
Whereas, on October 5, 2023, George Santos' former campaign treasurer pled 
        guilty to falsifying campaign finance reports, including lying about a 
        $500,000 loan that George Santos claimed to have donated to the campaign 
        himself;
Whereas, on October 10, 2023, George Santos was federally charged with an 
        additional 10 criminal counts;
Whereas the additional charges were serious in nature, including conspiracy to 
        commit offenses against the United States, wire fraud, aggravated 
        identity theft, access device fraud, false statements to the Federal 
        Election Commission, and falsifying records to obstruct the commission;
Whereas the indictment outlined a vast amount of evidence against Santos, 
        including conversations he held with his former campaign treasurer 
        outlining plans to commit the fraud he is charged with;
Whereas these charges indicate that George Santos engaged in serious financial 
        fraud throughout his 2022 campaign for the House of Representatives;
Whereas George Santos stole over $44,000 from donors by charging their credit 
        cards without authorization;
Whereas George Santos directly profited from his fraudulent actions, including 
        transferring money to his own bank account to buy luxury items and pay 
        off personal debts;
Whereas George Santos engaged in election fraud throughout his 2022 campaign by 
        deceiving voters regarding his biography, defrauding donors, and 
        engaging in other illegal campaign behavior; and
Whereas, as a result of these actions, George Santos is not fit to serve his 
        constituents as a United States Representative: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That, pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 2 of the 
Constitution of the United States, Representative George Santos, be, 
and he hereby is, expelled from the House of Representatives.
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