[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 195 (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4808-H4810]
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. 893
Whereas, prior to serving in the House of Representatives,
Representative Cory Mills founded Pacem Solutions
International LLC and Pacem Defense LLC, and acquired AMTEC
Corporation (now renamed as ALS, Inc.), companies which
engage in security and military contracting with the United
States Government as well as foreign nations;
Whereas, in August 2024, the Office of Congressional
Conduct found ``from January 2023 to present, Pacem Defense/
ALS, has been actively contracting with the federal
government, securing close to $1,000,000 in federal contracts
for munitions and weapons, distributed to prisons across the
country. Specifically, since January 9, 2024, 94 contracts
have been awarded to entities owned by Rep. Mills'' and went
on to conclude ``there is substantial reason to believe that
Rep. Mills may have entered into, held, or enjoyed contracts
with federal agencies while he was a Member of Congress in
violation of House rules, standards of conduct, and federal
law'';
Whereas, in August 2024, the Office of Congressional
Conduct noted ``According to its website, Pacem Solutions is
currently registered and/or partnered with trusted local
firms to work in the following. countries: United States,
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, UAE, Australia, Kenya, Malaysia
and Kuwait.'' Public reports indicate companies owned by
Representative Mills sought, or entered into contracts, to
sell munitions to foreign nations while serving as a member
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Armed Services;
Whereas entities owned by Representative Cory Mills seeking
or entering into contracts to sell munitions to the United
States Government as well as foreign nations while he serves
as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services represents a clear and troubling
conflict of interest;
Whereas, in August 2024, the Office of Congressional
Conduct further adopted and transmitted to the Committee on
Ethics of the House of Representatives a report indicating
that there was substantial reason to believe that
Representative Cory Mills may have omitted or misrepresented
required information in his financial disclosure statements,
accepted excessive contributions to
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his campaign committee in the form of personal loans and
contributions that may not have derived from Representative
Cory Mills' personal funds, and may have accepted through his
campaign committee in-kind contributions or other
contributions not lawfully made;
Whereas individuals who served in the military with
Representative Cory Mills have called into question the
veracity of the account of events which formed the basis of a
recommendation that Representative Cory Mills receive an
award of a Bronze Star, bestowed in 2021, for his service
under enemy fire in Iraq in 2003;
Whereas, in August 2024, Representative Cory Mills provided
the Daytona Beach News with documents purporting to prove
that he earned a Bronze Star with heroism, including a
Department of the Army Form 638 recommending Representative
Cory Mills for a Bronze Star which includes a signature from
then-Army Brigade Commander Arnold N. Gordon-Bray;
Whereas Retired Brigadier General Arnold N. Gordon-Bray has
stated he did not personally write, read, or sign the
Department of the Army Form 638 recommending Representative
Cory Mills for a Bronze Star;
Whereas five people who served with Representative Cory
Mills, including two men who were reported as having been
personally saved by Representative Cory Mills at great risk
to his own life as a basis for the recommendation for his
Bronze Star in the Department of the Army Form 638, disputed
that Representative Cory Mills was involved in their rescue
or provided life-saving care;
Whereas one Private First Class cited as having been
involved in one of the listed achievements on Representative
Cory Mills's Army Form 638 recommending him for a Bronze Star
denied that Representative Cory Mills provided him any aid
and also denied that his injuries were life threatening;
Whereas one Sergeant cited as having been involved in one
of the listed achievements on Representative Cory Mills's
Army Form 638 recommending him for a Bronze Star called the
account a ``fabrication'' and claimed that he ``was not
involved in any claims that Cory Mills makes about me'';
Whereas Representative Cory Mills's employment application
to DynCorp Internation stated he served in the United States
Army 75th Ranger Regiment and attended United States Army
Sniper School, claims which are not corroborated by his
military records;
Whereas, on February 19, 2025, Washington, DC, Metropolitan
Police Department officers were called to resolve a private
matter at Representative Cory Mills's residence, where
officers were called to the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue,
Southwest around 1:15 p.m. for the report of an assault;
Whereas police reports obtained by NBC4 Washington
confirmed that the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police
Department was investigating Representative Cory Mills for an
alleged assault of a 27-year old woman that took place on
February 19, 2025, at the residence of Representative Cory
Mills;
Whereas the first police report, provided to NBC4
Washington by a source and confirmed by a second source
familiar with the investigation, said that the 27-year-old
woman accused her significant other for over a year of having
grabbed her, shoved her, and pushed her out of the door, and
also said that the woman involved showed the officer
``bruises on her arm which appeared fresh'';
Whereas NBC4 Washington also reported that the Metropolitan
Police Department identified Representative Cory Mills as the
significant other of the alleged victim of assault--which
alleged victim was a 27-year-old woman who was not the wife
of Representative Cory Mills--and that the alleged victim
``let officers hear Subject 1 [now identified by MPD as
Mills] instruct her to lie about the origin of her bruises .
. . Eventually, Subject 1 made contact with police and
admitted that the situation escalated from verbal to
physical, but it was severe enough to create bruising'';
Whereas, on February 21, 2025, the Washington post also
confirmed two DC police officials said that the alleged
victim of assault initially told a 911 operator and police
that she had been assaulted and that officers said she also
had what seemed to be visible injuries, and that while a
supervisor initially classified the offense internally as a
family disturbance, police commanders later learned of the
incident, reviewed the reports and body camera footage from
the responding officers, and reclassified the case as a
domestic violence assault;
Whereas, on February 21, 2025, NBC4 Washington also
reported that the Metropolitan Police Department determined
that probable cause to arrest Representative Cory Mills for
misdemeanor assault existed and sent an arrest warrant for
Representative Cory Mills to the United States Attorney's
Office for the District of Columbia;
Whereas, on July 14, 2025, a different former romantic
partner of Representative Cory Mills, who was apparently in a
relationship with Representative Mills from November 2021 to
February 2025, reported to authorities in Florida that
Representative Mills threatened to release nude images and
other intimate videos of her, and threatened to harm her
future romantic partners in retaliation for her decision to
end a relationship with Representative Mills after seeing the
public reports described above concerning the alleged
February 2025 physical assault;
Whereas, on October 14, 2025, the Circuit Court of the
Third Judicial Circuit in Columbia County, Florida, issued a
Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating
Violence against Representative Cory Mills, based on a
finding that his former romantic partner was a victim of
dating violence or had reasonable cause to believe she was in
imminent danger of becoming a victim of an act of dating
violence; and
Whereas such conduct by Representative Cory Mills affects
the dignity and integrity of the proceedings of the House and
brings discredit upon the House: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) Representative Cory Mills be censured;
(2) Representative Cory Mills forthwith present himself in
the well of the House of Representatives for the
pronouncement of censure;
(3) Representative Cory Mills be censured with a public
reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and
(4) Representative Cory Mills be, and is hereby, removed
from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.
Motion to Refer
Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Mills of Florida moves to refer the resolution to the
Committee on Ethics.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for
1 hour.
Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I think that it is very clear that the actual
committee of jurisdiction is, in fact, the Ethics Committee, and
cooperating with them is my top priority.
I believe that all the accusations and false things that are being
said will be proven to be absolutely false in many ways. I have the
evidence and receipts, and I look forward to working with them.
I rise in support of my motion to refer this resolution to the
Committee on Ethics and encourage a ``yea'' vote on this motion.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time and move the
previous question on the motion.
The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to refer.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Ms. MACE. 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 310,
nays 103, answered ``present'' 12, not voting 8, as follows:
[Roll No. 302]
YEAS--310
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Auchincloss
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Balint
Barr
Barrett
Baumgartner
Bean (FL)
Begich
Bell
Bentz
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bice
Biggs (AZ)
Biggs (SC)
Bilirakis
Bost
Brecheen
Bresnahan
Brownley
Buchanan
Budzinski
Burlison
Bynum
Calvert
Carbajal
Carey
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Case
Casten
Castro (TX)
Ciscomani
Cline
Cloud
Clyde
Cole
Collins
Comer
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Crane
Crank
Crawford
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Davids (KS)
Davidson
Davis (IL)
Davis (NC)
De La Cruz
Dean (PA)
DeGette
Deluzio
DesJarlais
Dexter
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Escobar
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fields
Figures
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flood
Fong
Foster
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Gill (TX)
Gillen
Gimenez
Goldman (TX)
Gonzales, Tony
Gonzalez, V.
Gooden
Goodlander
Gosar
Gottheimer
Graves
Green, Al (TX)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Hamadeh (AZ)
Harder (CA)
Haridopolos
Harrigan
Harris (MD)
Harris (NC)
Harshbarger
Hern (OK)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Himes
Houchin
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hoyle (OR)
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunt
Hurd (CO)
Issa
Jack
Jackson (IL)
Jackson (TX)
James
Jayapal
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Kean
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy (UT)
Kiggans (VA)
Kiley (CA)
Kim
Knott
Krishnamoorthi
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
LaMalfa
Langworthy
Larson (CT)
Latimer
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Latta
Lawler
Lee (FL)
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Letlow
Levin
Liccardo
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luttrell
Lynch
Mackenzie
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Maloy
Mann
Mannion
Massie
Mast
Matsui
McCaul
McClain
McClain Delaney
McClintock
McCollum
McCormick
McDonald Rivet
McDowell
McGarvey
McGuire
Meeks
Messmer
Meuser
Miller (IL)
Miller (OH)
Miller (WV)
Miller-Meeks
Mills
Min
Moolenaar
Moore (AL)
Moore (NC)
Moore (UT)
Moore (WI)
Moore (WV)
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Murphy
Nehls
Newhouse
Norcross
Norman
Nunn (IA)
Obernolte
Ocasio-Cortez
Ogles
Olszewski
Omar
Onder
Owens
Palmer
Panetta
Pappas
Patronis
Pelosi
Perry
Peters
Pfluger
Pingree
Pocan
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Raskin
Reschenthaler
Riley (NY)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose
Rouzer
Roy
Ryan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Scalise
Scanlon
Schmidt
Schneider
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simon
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Sorensen
Spartz
Stansbury
Stanton
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Suozzi
Takano
Taylor
Tenney
Thanedar
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Tokuda
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Tran
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Orden
Vindman
Wagner
Walberg
Walkinshaw
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Yakym
Zinke
NAYS--103
Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Barragan
Beatty
Bishop
Boebert
Bonamici
Boyle (PA)
Brown
Burchett
Cammack
Carson
Carter (LA)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conaway
Craig
Crockett
Crow
DeLauro
DelBene
Doggett
Elfreth
Espaillat
Evans (PA)
Foushee
Friedman
Frost
Garcia (IL)
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gray
Greene (GA)
Grijalva
Hageman
Horsford
Huffman
Jacobs
Jeffries
Johnson (TX)
Kamlager-Dove
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy (NY)
Khanna
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Leger Fernandez
Lieu
Luna
Mace
McBath
McBride
McGovern
McIver
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Morelle
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Pallone
Perez
Pettersen
Pou
Randall
Rivas
Ruiz
Schakowsky
Scholten
Sewell
Sherman
Soto
Stevens
Strickland
Sykes
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (SC)
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--12
Cohen
DeSaulnier
Garbarino
Garcia (TX)
Guest
Hayes
Hinson
Ivey
McClellan
Moran
Ross
Subramanyam
NOT VOTING--8
Casar
Cherfilus-McCormick
Frankel, Lois
Rulli
Rutherford
Sherrill
Swalwell
Womack
Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes
remaining.
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Mr. MRVAN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the motion to refer was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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