[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 177 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5110]
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. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of 
rule IX, I seek recognition to give notice of my intention to raise a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  A resolution censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib for anti-Semitic 
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 death to 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 Relations 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 anti-Semitic 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 Representative Rashida Tlaib be 
censured; Representative Rashida Tlaib forthwith present herself in the 
well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; 
and Representative Rashida Tlaib be censured with the public reading of 
this resolution by the Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fitzgerald). 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 Georgia 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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