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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H. Res. 893 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 893
Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 19, 2025
Ms. Mace submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Ethics
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RESOLUTION
Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 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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Submitted in House
Submitted in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H4808-4810; text: CR H4808-4809)
Mr. Mills moved to refer to Ethics. (CR H4809)
The previous question on the motion to refer was ordered without objection.
On motion to refer Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 310 - 103, 12 Present (Roll no. 302).
Roll Call #302 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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