[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 183 (Monday, November 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5409]
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 intent to raise a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  Censuring my colleague Representative Rashida Tlaib for anti-Semitic 
activity and sympathizing with terrorist organizations.
  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 slogan has been adopted by Hamas 
and calls for the elimination of Israel and the death of all Jews;
  Whereas, on November 3, 2023, Rashida Tlaib tweeted that the slogan 
``from the river to the sea,'' which calls for the genocide of all 
Jews, ``is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful 
coexistence'';
  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, 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 incited an illegal occupation 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 Affairs Committee hearing;
  Whereas, the illegal occupation incited 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, several illegal occupiers 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 inciting an illegal occupation of the Capitol complex 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 perpetuated by Israel;
  Whereas, over 300 arrests were made following the illegal occupation 
of the Capitol complex on October 18, 2023, for violations of District 
of Columbia law, such as crowding, obstructing, or incommoding, and for 
assaulting police officers; 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. 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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