Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 554 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 554

           Raising a question of the privileges of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2021

Mr. McCarthy submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the 
                                 table

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

Whereas, on June 30, 2021, the House voted to establish a ``Select Committee to 
        Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.'';
Whereas, H. Res. 503 states that ``The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members to the 
        Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with 
        the Minority Leader.'';
Whereas, on June 30, 2021, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that ``We believe that 
        Congress must in the spirit of bipartisanship and patriotism establish 
        this commission.'';
Whereas, when asked during a press conference on July 22 about the partisanship 
        of the committee, Speaker Pelosi stated that ``the less partisan it is, 
        the more it will be accepted by the American people.'';
Whereas, in a statement put out by the Speaker's Office, Speaker Pelosi stated 
        that ``our imperative must be to find the truth. We must do so in a way 
        that retains the trust of the American people in the proceedings, so 
        that they will have confidence in the truth that emerges.'';
Whereas, for the first known time in the history of the House, the Speaker of 
        the House rejected two of the minority leader's nominees to a Select 
        Committee.;
Whereas, Speaker Pelosi's own press release acknowledged that this was an 
        ``unprecedented decision.''; and
Whereas, Speaker Pelosi's refusal to seat all five Republican Members directly 
        harms the legitimacy, credibility, and integrity of the proceedings of 
        the Select Committee: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the refusal of Speaker Nancy Pelosi to seat 
        all five Republican Members to the Select Committee; and
            (2) urges the Speaker to make the following appointments to 
        the Select Committee: Representative Jim Banks of Indiana, 
        Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, Representative Rodney Davis 
        of Illinois, Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, 
        and Representative Troy Nehls of Texas.
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