Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 832 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 832

           Raising a question of the privileges of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2020

 Ms. Granger (for herself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
  Meadows, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Brooks of 
 Alabama, Mr. Flores, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Olson, Mrs. 
Walorski, Mr. Carter of Texas, Ms. Cheney, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. 
  Gaetz, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. 
   Palmer, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Brady, and Mr. Griffith) submitted the 
  following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Whereas, on December 20, 2019, Speaker Pelosi extended an invitation for 
        President Trump to address a joint session of Congress on February 4, 
        2020;
Whereas, on February 4, 2020, President Trump delivered his State of the Union 
        address, in which he honored the sacrifice of the following American 
        heroes and their families:

    General Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, who 
served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War;

    Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian aid worker who was caring for suffering 
civilians in Syria when she was kidnapped, tortured and enslaved by ISIS 
for over 500 days before being murdered by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi;

    Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Hake, who was killed while serving his 
second tour of duty in Iraq by a roadside bomb supplied by Iranian 
terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani; and

    Sergeant First Class Townsend Williams, who is currently serving his 
fourth deployment in the Middle East and his wife Amy, who works full time 
for the Army and devotes hundreds of hours helping military families;

Whereas immediately following the address, while still presiding over the joint 
        session, Speaker Pelosi ripped up an official copy of the President's 
        remarks, which contained the names and stories of these patriots who 
        sacrificed so much for our country; and
Whereas the conduct of Speaker Pelosi was a breach of decorum and degraded the 
        proceedings of the joint session, to the discredit of the House: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives disapproves of the 
behavior of Speaker Pelosi during the joint session of Congress held on 
February 4, 2020.
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