[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 7 (Monday, January 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I 
rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges 
of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  House Resolution 40. Condemning and censuring Representative Steve 
King of Iowa.
  Whereas, on January 10, 2019, in an interview published by the New 
York Times, Representative Steve King asked, ``White nationalist, white 
supremacist, Western civilization--how did that language become 
offensive? Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our 
history and our civilization?'';
  Whereas Representative King's comments legitimize white supremacy and 
white nationalism as acceptable in today's society;
  Whereas Representative King's comments are abhorrent to the founding 
principles of our Nation and our rich history of diversity and 
tolerance of those whose backgrounds and beliefs have made America the 
envy of the world; and
  Whereas Representative King's comments reflect negatively on the 
House of Representatives.
  Now, therefore, be it resolved, that
  One, Representative Steve King of Iowa be censured;
  Two, Representative Steve King forthwith present himself in the well 
of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and
  Three, Representative Steve King be censured with the public reading 
of this resolution by the Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader 
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence 
only at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after 
the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentleman from Ohio will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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