[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 829 Laid on Table in House (LTH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 829

   Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity, 
sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection 
                 at the United States Capitol Complex.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2023

 Mrs. Greene of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
                           laid on the table

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for antisemitic activity, 
sympathizing with terrorist organizations, and leading an insurrection 
                 at the United States Capitol Complex.

Whereas, in May 2019, Rashida Tlaib said that she celebrated the Holocaust, and 
        felt a ``calming feeling'' when thinking about the genocide of millions 
        of Jews;
Whereas, in 2020, Rashida Tlaib retweeted an illustration with the caption, 
        ``From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'', and this 
        Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) slogan has been adopted by Hamas 
        and calls for the elimination of Israel and the death of all Jews;
Whereas, in September 2022, Rashida Tlaib, as a member of the Congressional 
        Progressive Caucus, displayed her disdain for Israel, saying, ``You 
        cannot claim to hold progressive values yet back Israel's apartheid 
        government.'';
Whereas instead of denouncing the horrors of Hamas slaughtering Israelis and 
        demanding the release of all hostages held by Hamas, Rashida Tlaib 
        stated on October 8, 2023, ``The path to the future must include lifting 
        the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid 
        system that creates the suffocating dehumanizing conditions that can 
        lead to resistance.'';
Whereas Rashida Tlaib exhibited her hatred for America by reposting a message on 
        October 12, 2023, blaming America for allowing the deaths of Palestinian 
        babies at the hands of Israel;
Whereas Rashida Tlaib led an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex 
        on October 18, 2023, which put Members of Congress, their staffs, and 
        Capitol visitors in danger by shutting down elevators, stairwells, and 
        points of egress, while obstructing official business in both the House 
        of Representatives and the Senate, including a Senate Foreign Affairs 
        Committee hearing;
Whereas the insurrection led by Rashida Tlaib was organized by Jewish Voice for 
        Peace, which the Anti-Defamation League calls ``a radical anti-Israel 
        activist group that advocates for a complete economic, cultural and 
        academic boycott of the state of Israel'', and that believes ``Israeli 
        policies and actions are motivated by deeply rooted Jewish racial 
        chauvinism and religious supremacism.'';
Whereas members of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left nonprofit 
        organization, were present at the insurrection at the Capitol on October 
        18, 2023;
Whereas several insurrectionists at the Capitol belong to a group messaging chat 
        called, ``Global Intifada'', which is the Arabic word for ``rebellion'' 
        or ``uprising'', and refers to a series of protests and violent riots 
        carried out by Palestinians in Israel during the last century;
Whereas, by leading an anti-American and antisemitic insurrection on October 18, 
        2023, Rashida Tlaib followed Hezbollah's orders to carry out a ``day of 
        unprecedented anger'' following an explosion at a Gazan hospital, lying 
        about Israel's responsibility for the attack, which United States 
        intelligence agencies said was not perpetrated by Israel; and
Whereas Members of Congress who denounce the United States while praising 
        terrorist organizations are unfit to hold office: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) Representative Rashida Tlaib be censured;
            (2) Representative Rashida Tlaib forthwith present herself 
        in the well of the House of Representatives for the 
        pronouncement of censure; and
            (3) Representative Rashida Tlaib be censured with the 
        public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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