[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2980-H2981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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

  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. 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:
  H. Res. 503, impeaching Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United 
States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., is impeached for high 
crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment 
be exhibited to the United States Senate:
  Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of 
the United States of America, against Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President 
of the United States, in maintenance and support of its impeachment 
against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  Article I: Abuse of Power
  The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall 
have the sole power of impeachment'' and that the President of the 
United States ``shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and 
conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and 
misdemeanors''. In his conduct as President of the United States, and 
in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the 
office of the

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President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, 
and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws 
be faithfully executed, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has abused the powers of 
the office of the President of the United States, in that:
  Using the powers of his office, President Biden has knowingly 
presided over an executive branch that has continuously, overtly, and 
consistently violated Federal immigration law by pursuing an 
aggressive, open-borders agenda by purposefully and knowingly releasing 
more than 2 million illegal aliens into the interior of the United 
States without the intention or ability to ensure that they appear in 
immigration court to face asylum or deportation proceedings.
  President Biden has intentionally facilitated a complete and total 
invasion at the southern border. President Biden ended the Migrant 
Protection Protocols to require aliens seeking asylum to remain in 
Mexico while being processed by the Department of Homeland Security. 
President Biden has closed Department of Homeland Security detention 
facilities and refused to cooperate with State and local law 
enforcement officials in securing the border. He has allowed illegal 
aliens to enter the United States as asylum seekers despite knowing 
they did not qualify for asylum. President Biden has pursued this open-
border agenda purposefully and willfully, circumventing every 
safeguard, check, and balance required by law, resulting in mass 
illegal immigration into the United States, to the detriment of the 
American people.
  President Biden, with such conduct, has demonstrated a failure to 
uphold Federal immigration law, violating his oath to the Constitution 
if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly 
incompatible with the rule of law and to the manifest injury of the 
people of the United States.
  Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and 
trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any 
office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
  Article II: Dereliction of duty
  The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall 
have the sole power of impeachment'' and that the President of the 
United States ``shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and 
conviction of, treason, bribery, and other high crimes and 
misdemeanors''. In his conduct as President of the United States, and 
in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the 
office of the President of the United States, and in violation of his 
constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, 
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., has neglected the constitutional duty of the 
office of the President of the United States, in that:
  Neglecting the powers of his office, President Biden has abandoned 
his duties to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed and upheld, 
by presiding over an executive branch that has continually, overtly, 
and consistently refused to enforce the Nation's immigration laws and 
secure the southern border. President Biden has endangered the security 
of the United States and the health and safety of the American people. 
President Biden has caused a national security crisis and is 
endangering the lives of the American people.
  President Biden has presided over the largest influx of illegal 
immigrants in American history, and as evidence of his dereliction, the 
deportation cases pursued by his administration are at historic lows. 
President Biden's negligence of duty has resulted in the surrender of 
operational control of the border to the complete and total control of 
foreign, criminal cartels, putting the lives of American citizens in 
jeopardy. On President Biden's watch, illegal aliens have been 
processed and released into the interior of the country under a mass 
system of parole, contrary to the clear terms of Federal immigration 
law. Utilizing the ``CBP ONE'' program, the executive branch will 
release nearly 40,000 illegal aliens per month into the United States. 
He has failed to uphold the mandatory detention and deportation 
provisions of immigration laws, resulting in the mass entry of 
inadmissible aliens and the continued presence of deportable aliens. 
Through this complete and total dereliction of duty and extreme absence 
in oversight of his own administration's policies, President Biden has 
allowed more than 1.5 million illegal immigrants to invade the southern 
border. On Joe Biden's watch, illicit fentanyl has killed more than 
100,000 American citizens. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border 
Patrol seized more than 9,000 pounds of fentanyl at the southern 
border.
  In his failure to uphold the rule of law, President Biden has 
demonstrated that he will neglect his duty to execute the office to 
which he has been entrusted, violating his oath to the Constitution if 
allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly 
incompatible with his constitutional duty to take care that the laws of 
the United States be faithfully executed.
  Wherefore, President Biden, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and 
trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any 
office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or 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 Colorado 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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