[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 177 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5152-H5154]
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. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I 
rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the 
privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  H. Res. 610, Censuring Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
  Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly fanned 
the flames of racism, anti-Semitism, hate speech against the LGBTQ 
community, Islamophobia, anti-Asian hate, xenophobia, and other forms 
of hatred;
  Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly debased 
the memories of thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks on 
September 11, 2001, by perpetuating conspiracy theories to shift blame 
and responsibility for the mass murder;
  Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly 
assaulted the foundation of our democracy by perpetuating conspiracy 
theories related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol which sought to 
halt the peaceful transfer of power;
  Whereas, Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly called for violence 
against elected Representatives and their families;

  Whereas, Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic 
rhetoric and conspiracy theories, including through inflammatory 
evocations of the Holocaust;
  Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Marjorie Taylor Greene said that the mask 
mandate in the House of Representatives was akin to Jews being ``put in 
trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany'';
  Whereas, on May 25, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
tweeted that, ``Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like 
the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear a gold star'';
  Whereas, on February 26, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
appeared at a white nationalist event that was condemned by the 
Republican Jewish coalition as ``appalling and outrageous that a Member 
of Congress would share a platform with an individual who has actively 
spread anti-Semitic bile, mocked the Holocaust, and promoted dangerous 
anti-Israel conspiracy theories;
  Whereas, on September 1, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
posted a tweet comparing President Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler that said, 
``Joe Biden is Hitler. #NaziJoe has to go'';
  Whereas, on September 1, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
posted another tweet of a doctored video showing President Biden 
speaking with audio of Hitler, swastikas in the background and a 
mustache akin to that of Hitler;
  Whereas, on July 21, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said

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that if she was ``in charge'' she would ``kick out every single Chinese 
in this country that is loyal to the CCP. They would be gone'';
  Whereas, on December 19, 2021, while at a Turning Point USA 
conference, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Asian 
Americans as ``yellow people,'' a slur that has been historically used 
to malign the Asian-American community in the United States;
  Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has a history of 
perpetuating LGBTQ hate speech, including through her use of offensive 
posters in the halls of congressional office buildings beginning on 
February 24, 2021;
  Whereas, on November 22, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
tweeted that an LGBTQ California State Senator was a ``communist 
groomer,'' an offensive slur that has been used to stoke fear and 
incite hatred of LGBTQ Americans;
  Whereas, on March 7, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
again referred to members of the LGBTQ community as ``groomers'' and 
spouted anti-trans rhetoric on the floor of the House of 
Representatives;
  Whereas, on June 1, 2023, the first day of Pride Month, 
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted a photo showing an anti-
trans poster that she had displayed in the hall outside of her 
congressional office;
  Whereas, on February 22, 2019, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
posted a video on Facebook claiming that the Muslim-American Members of 
Congress were not ``really official'' because they didn't take the oath 
of office on the Bible;
  Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico reported that Representative 
Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric and 
suggested that Muslim Americans do not belong in the United States 
Government;
  Whereas, on May 10, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene yet 
again referred to fellow Muslim-American Members of Congress as the 
``Jihad Squad'';
  Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico reported that Representative 
Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Black Americans as ``slaves to the 
Democratic Party'' and said that they should be proud to see 
Confederate monuments;
  Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico further reported that 
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stated in a video, ``I know a ton 
of White people that are as lazy and sorry and probably worse than 
Black people'';
  Whereas, on May 18, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
compared being called a white supremacist to a person of color being 
called the ``N-word,'' a vile racial slur;
  Whereas, on January 28, 2021, a video of Representative Marjorie 
Taylor Greene resurfaced in which she used a harmful and offensive slur 
targeting Americans with disabilities, which the National Down Syndrome 
Society called ``heartbreaking and unacceptable'';
  Whereas, on November 1, 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
denied the attacks on September 11 saying there was a ``so-called plane 
that crashed into the Pentagon'' and that ``It is odd there is never 
any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon'';
  Whereas, on November 17, 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
peddled a vile anti-Semitic trope when she claimed that wildfires in 
California were caused by space lasers operated by members of the 
Jewish community;
  Whereas, on August 17, 2020, a video of Representative Marjorie 
Taylor Greene resurfaced in which she stated that the mass shooting at 
a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, where 60 people were 
murdered, was perpetuated in order to pass anti-gun legislation;
  Whereas, on January 19, 2021, Media Matters published a screenshot of 
a Facebook comment from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene where she 
emphatically agreed that the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas 
High School, where 17 American students and teachers were murdered, was 
a false flag event;
  Whereas, on January 21, 2021, Media Matters published a screenshot of 
a Facebook comment liked by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene that 
claimed 9/11 was ``done by our own government'', to which she 
responded, ``That is all true'';
  Whereas, that same comment liked and agreed to by Representative 
Marjorie Taylor Greene further claimed that the mass shooting at Sandy 
Hook Elementary where 26 people, including 20 precious children were 
murdered, was staged;
  Whereas, on September 3, 2020, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
posted an image of herself holding a gun next to images of three 
Members of Congress with a caption encouraging ``going on offense'' 
after them;

  Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN reported on posts, comments, and 
likes by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from 2018 and 2019 in 
which Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene liked several posts and 
comments on Facebook demonstrating her support for the execution of 
several members of the Democratic Party, including the Speaker of the 
House Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President 
Barack Obama;
  Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN further reported that Marjorie 
Taylor Greene liked a Facebook comment on January 2019 that stated, ``a 
bullet to the head would be quicker'' in reference to the removal of 
Speaker Nancy Pelosi;
  Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN also reported that deleted videos 
showed Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene calling for the execution 
of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and stating that she was ``a traitor to our 
country, she is guilty of treason,'' and should ``suffer death or she 
will be in prison'';
  Whereas, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has perpetuated the 
``big lie'' related to the 2020 Presidential election by espousing 
conspiracy theories and by threatening and inciting violence;
  Whereas, on October 26, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
downplayed the actions of those who participated in the January 6 
attack on the Capitol and said ``if you think about what our 
Declaration of Independence says, it says to overthrow tyrants'';
  Whereas, on November 4, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
went to visit those incarcerated related to the January 6 attack on the 
Capitol in what she referred to as ``the patriot wing'' of the D.C. 
Jail;
  Whereas, on November 10, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
referred to those who participated in the January 6 attack on the 
Capitol as ``political prisoners of war'';
  Whereas, on December 10, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
said that if she had organized the January 6 attack on the Capitol, 
``we would have won. Not to mention, it would have been armed'';
  Whereas, on July 19, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
displayed graphic pornographic images during an official committee 
hearing that she claimed depicted a member of President Biden's family;
  Whereas, on July 19, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene sent 
an official press release and posted to her official congressional 
website public hearing commentary featuring graphic pornographic images 
she claimed depicted a member of President Biden's family; and
  Whereas, Members of Congress have promised to always have the back of 
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene no matter the extent of her vile 
and hateful behavior:
  Now, therefore, be it resolved that Representative Marjorie Taylor 
Greene be censured; Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene forthwith 
present herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the 
pronouncement of censure; and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be 
censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.

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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 Vermont will appear in the Record at this point.

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  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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