[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H836-H837]
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

  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I 
seek recognition 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 832.
  Whereas on December 20th, 2019, Speaker Pelosi extended an invitation 
for President Trump to address a joint session of Congress on February 
4th, 2020;
  Whereas on February 4th, 2020, President Trump delivered his State of 
the Union address, in which he honored the sacrifice of the following 
American heroes and their families:
  General Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee airmen, who 
served in World War II, the Korean war and the Vietnam war;
  Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian aid worker who was caring for suffering 
civilians in Syria when she was kidnapped, tortured and enslaved by 
ISIS for over 500 days before being murdered by ISIS leader Abu Bakr 
al-Baghdadi;
  Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Hake, who was killed while serving 
his second tour of duty in Iraq by a roadside bomb supplied by Iranian 
terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani;
  Sergeant First Class Townsend Williams, who is currently serving his 
fourth deployment in the Middle East

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and his wife, Amy, who works full-time for the Army and devotes 
hundreds of hours helping military families;
  Whereas immediately following the address, while still presiding over 
the joint session, Speaker Pelosi ripped up an official copy of the 
President's remarks, which contained the names and stories of these 
patriots who sacrificed so much for our country; and
  Whereas the conduct of Speaker Pelosi was a breach of decorum and 
degraded the proceedings of the joint session, to the discredit of the 
House: Now, therefore, be it
  Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of the 
behavior of Speaker Pelosi during the joint session of Congress held on 
February 4, 2020.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  February 5, 2020, page H837, the following appeared: Resolved, 
That the House of Representatives disapproves of the behavior of 
Speaker PELOSI during the joint session of Congress held on 
February 4, 2020.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Resolved, That 
the House of Representatives disapproves of the behavior of 
Speaker PELOSI during the joint session of Congress held on 
February 4, 2020.


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  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 
gentlewoman from Texas 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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