[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4395-H4396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Ms. MACE. 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. 713
Whereas Charlie Kirk was a lifelong advocate for freedom of
speech, civil political discourse, and the political
engagement of youth;
Whereas Charlie Kirk was a man of deep faith, a husband,
and a father to two young children;
Whereas, on September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was
assassinated on the campus of Utah Valley University while
exercising his First Amendment right to freedom of speech;
Whereas, on September 11, 2025, one day after the
assassination of Charlie Kirk, Representative Ilhan Omar gave
an interview on a Zeteo Town Hall with Mehdi Hasan in which
she smeared Charlie Kirk and implied he was to blame for his
own murder;
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Whereas, on September 12, 2025, two days after the
assassination of Charlie Kirk, Representative Ilhan Omar
reposted a video on X (formerly known as Twitter), which
disparaged the character of Charlie Kirk and those mourning
his death;
Whereas the video Representative Ilhan Omar reposted on X
states ``Charlie Kirk is dead, and before the body got cold,
the far Right propped his corpse up as a cudgel for their
holy war'';
Whereas the video Representative Ilhan Omar reposted on X
further states ``Don't be fooled, these people don't give a
single shit about Charlie Kirk, they are just using his death
to further their Christofascist agenda'';
Whereas the video Representative Ilhan Omar reposted on X
further states Charlie Kirk ``was a reprehensible human
being. He enacted his political agenda by preying on weak
minded people. He took complex socioeconomic issues and
simplified them by pointing fingers at out-groups, demonizing
those groups, and siccing his massive following on them'';
Whereas the video Representative Ilhan Omar reposted on X
further states Charlie Kirk was a ``stochastic terrorist, an
adamant transphobe, he denied the genocide happening in
Palestine, he believed in the subjugation of women, and in
his last dying words he was spewing racist dog whistles'';
Whereas the video Representative Ilhan Omar reposted on X
further states ``Charlie Kirk was Dr. Frankenstein and his
monster shot him through the neck'';
Whereas the video Representative Ilhan Omar reposted on X
further blames Charlie Kirk for his own murder;
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''; and
Whereas Representative Ilhan Omar's actions in the wake of
the assassination of Charlie Kirk are reprehensible and
affect the dignity and integrity of the proceedings of the
House and do not reflect credibility on the House: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota be censured;
(2) Representative Ilhan Omar forthwith present herself in
the well of the House of Representatives for the
pronouncement of censure;
(3) Representative Ilhan Omar be censured with the public
reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and
(4) Representative Ilhan Omar be, and is hereby, removed
from the Committee on Education and Workforce and the
Committee on the Budget of the House.
{time} 1820
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.
Motion to Table
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. I have a motion at the desk, Mr. Speaker.
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 214,
nays 213, not voting 5, as follows:
[Roll No. 276]
YEAS--214
Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
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
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hayes
Himes
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Huffman
Hurd (CO)
Ivey
Jackson (IL)
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
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
McClintock
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Mills
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
Sherrill
Simon
Smith (WA)
Sorensen
Soto
Stansbury
Stanton
Stevens
Strickland
Subramanyam
Suozzi
Swalwell
Sykes
Takano
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tlaib
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Walkinshaw
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NAYS--213
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bentz
Bergman
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Boebert
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Buchanan
Burchett
Burlison
Cammack
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
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
Garbarino
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
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Hinson
Houchin
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Issa
Jack
Jackson (TX)
James
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mace
Mackenzie
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClain
McCormick
McDowell
McGuire
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WV)
Moran
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ogles
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Patronis
Perry
Pfluger
Reschenthaler
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Rulli
Salazar
Scalise
Schmidt
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
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING--5
Calvert
Gottheimer
Gray
Rutherford
Titus
{time} 1828
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.
personal explanation
Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from the floor and missed Roll
Call votes numbered 272 through 276. Had I been present, I would have
voted NAY on Roll Call No. 272, ordering the previous question; NO on
Roll Call No. 273, agreeing to H. Res. 722; NAY on Roll Call No. 274,
final passage of H.R. 5125; NAY on Roll Call No. 275, final passage of
H.R. 5143; and YEA on Roll Call No. 276, the motion to table H. Res.
713.
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