Condemning and censuring Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts for defending foreign terrorist organizations and inciting anti-Semitic attacks across the United States.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 474 Condemning and censuring Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachu- setts for defending foreign terrorist organizations and inciting anti-Se- mitic attacks across the United States. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 14, 2021 Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DUNN, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. NEHLS) sub- mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Condemning and censuring Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Representative Ilhan Omar of Min- nesota, and Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massa- chusetts for defending foreign terrorist organizations and inciting anti-Semitic attacks across the United States. Whereas the State of Israel is a key ally and a strategic part- ner of the United States; VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR474.IH HR474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 474 IH Whereas since Israel’s founding in 1948, Congress has re- peatedly expressed our Nation’s unwavering commitment to the security of Israel; Whereas as a sovereign country, Israel has the right and re- sponsibility to protect itself and its citizens from all forms of terrorism; Whereas Hamas was designated by the Department of State as a foreign terrorist organization on October 8, 1997; Whereas Hamas is actively engaged in committing war crimes, including using civilians as human shields, which is banned under customary international humanitarian law; Whereas Hamas and its Palestinian terrorist allies in Gaza have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel at nonmilitary targets since the week of May 9, 2021; Whereas civilians, including women and children, have been killed as a direct result from the actions of Hamas; Whereas Hamas and its Palestinian terrorist allies in Gaza are funded by Iran; Whereas Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Rep- resentative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts have each referred to Israel as an ‘‘apartheid state’’; Whereas Representative Omar equated the United States and Israel with Hamas and the Taliban when stating ‘‘We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen un- thinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban.’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR474.IH HR474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 474 IH Whereas Representative Tlaib accused the Government of Israel of ‘‘ethnic cleansing’’ against Palestinians; Whereas Representative Tlaib claimed that Israel, our demo- cratic ally, is ‘‘promoting racism and dehumanization’’; Whereas Representative Omar argued that Israel’s military response to Hamas’s strikes was ‘‘an act of terrorism’’ rather than an act of self defense; Whereas Representative Omar accused the United States of backing crimes against humanity; Whereas Representative Ocasio-Cortez claimed the Israeli military is ‘‘inhumane’’ and responsible for ‘‘inflicting vi- olence’’; Whereas Representative Ocasio-Cortez accused the Govern- ment of Israel of committing ‘‘human rights abuses’’; Whereas Representative Pressley equated any support of our democratic ally to supporting oppression, violence, and apartheid; Whereas Representative Pressley accused Israel of ‘‘egregious human rights violations’’; Whereas each of the claims made by Representatives Ocasio- Cortez, Tlaib, Omar, and Pressley inaccurately depict the democracy of Israel as an oppressive, violent, abusive na- tion; Whereas these claims publicly support the actions of a recog- nized terrorist organization over the defense of one of our long-time allies; and Whereas these false claims, further perpetuated over social media, have resulted in increased violence and anti-Se- mitic hate crimes throughout the United States: Now, therefore, be it VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR474.IH HR474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 474 IH Resolved, That— 1 (1) the House of Representatives condemns 2 Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New 3 York, Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, 4 Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rep- 5 resentative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts for 6 defending foreign terrorist organizations and perpet- 7 uating a narrative that has incited anti-Semitic at- 8 tacks across the United States; 9 (2) Representative Ocasio-Cortez, Representa- 10 tive Tlaib, Representative Omar, and Representative 11 Pressley each be censured; 12 (3) Representative Ocasio-Cortez, Representa- 13 tive Tlaib, Representative Omar, and Representative 14 Pressley each forthwith present themselves in the 15 well of the House of Representatives for the pro- 16 nouncement of censure; and 17 (4) Representative Ocasio-Cortez, Representa- 18 tive Tlaib, Representative Omar, and Representative 19 Pressley each be censured with the public reading of 20 this resolution by the Speaker. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR474.IH HR474 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS