[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3623]
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

  Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. 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.
  H. Res. 539, Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing 
her from the


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  On July 23, 2025, page H3623, in the second column, the 
following appeared: Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and 
removing her from the
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: H. Res. 539, 
Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the


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  Committee on Homeland Security.
  Whereas, on May 9, 2025, Representative McIver took part in an 
incident at the Delaney Hall Federal Immigration Facility located  
in Newark, New Jersey; 
  Whereas Representative LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, as a result of 
her actions on May 9, 2025, has been charged in a three-count 
indictment by a Federal grand jury for assaulting, resisting, impeding, 
and interfering with Federal officers;
  Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have challenged guidance 
from a Federal officer regarding access to the secure detention 
facility;
  Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have interfered with 
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officials from making an arrest 
of an unauthorized visitor;
  Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have ``slammed her 
forearm into the body'' and ``restrain'' an HSI officer by ``forcibly 
grabbing him'';
  Whereas Representative McIver is alleged to have further interfered 
with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deportation Officer engaged 
in the performance of his official duties;
  Whereas body camera and other video evidence support the allegations 
made within the Federal indictment;
  Whereas such actions constitute a violation of section 111(a)(1) of 
title 18, United States Code, relating to assaulting, resisting, 
impending, and interfering with a Federal officer;
  Whereas clause 1 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives provides, ``A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
officer, or employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner 
that shall reflect creditably on the House.'';
  Whereas such actions of a Member of the House of Representatives do 
not reflect creditably on the House; and
  Whereas Representative McIver's continued service on the Committee on 
Homeland Security, which is charged with oversight of Federal 
immigration enforcement and other national security matters, would 
represent a significant conflict of interest: Now, therefore, be it
  Resolved,

     SECTION 1. CENSURE OF REPRESENTATIVE LAMONICA MCIVER.

  Representative LaMonica McIver--
  (1) is censured;
  (2) shall forthwith present herself in the well of the House of 
Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and
  (3) is censured with the public reading of this resolution by the 
Speaker.

     SEC. 2. REMOVAL FROM COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY.

  The following named Member be, and is hereby, removed from the 
following standing committee of the House of Representatives:
  Committee on Homeland Security: Mrs. McIver.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Crank). 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 
gentleman from Louisiana 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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