[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H3781-H3782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the
privileges of the House and offer the resolution that was previously
noticed.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
The Clerk read as follows:
H. Res. 539
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 immigration 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, impeding, 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.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution presents a question of
privilege.
Motion to Table
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Ms. Clark of Massachusetts moves to lay the resolution on
the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the noes appeared to have it.
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas
and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 215,
nays 207, answered ``present'' 2, not voting 7, as follows:
[Roll No. 223]
YEAS--215
Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Bacon
Balint
Barragan
Beatty
Bell
Bera
Beyer
Bishop
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Brownley
Budzinski
Bynum
Carbajal
Carson
Carter (LA)
Casar
Case
Casten
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cherfilus-McCormick
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Conaway
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Craig
Crockett
Crow
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
Dean (PA)
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Deluzio
DeSaulnier
Dexter
Dingell
Doggett
Elfreth
Escobar
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Fields
Figures
Fletcher
Flood
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Joyce (OH)
Kamlager-Dove
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Scholten
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sewell
Sherman
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Turner (OH)
Underwood
Valadao
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NAYS--207
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Calvert
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Davidson
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Gill (TX)
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gooden
Gosar
Graves
Greene (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hageman
Hamadeh (AZ)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
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Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McClintock
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Rutherford
Salazar
Scalise
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--2
Garbarino
Moran
NOT VOTING--7
Crenshaw
Hern (OK)
Hunt
LaLota
Schmidt
Sherrill
Swalwell
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Mr. MRVAN changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated against:
Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have
voted NAY on Roll Call No. 223.
PERSONAL EXPLANATION
Mr. SCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from the house to attend the
funeral of Kansas City, Kansas, Police Officer Hunter Simoncic, who was
killed in the line of duty last month. Had I been present, I would have
voted YEA on Roll Call No. 221, YEA on Roll Call No. 222, and NAY on
Roll Call No. 223.
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