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IV
116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 832
Raising a question of the privileges of the House.
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 re-
ferred to the Committee on Ethics
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 fami-
lies:
General Charles McGee, one of the last surviving
Tuskegee Airmen, who served in World War II, the Ko-
rean War, and the Vietnam War;
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Kayla Mueller, a humanitarian aid worker who was
caring for suffering civilians in Syria when she was kid-
napped, 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 pre-
siding 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 deco-
rum and degraded the proceedings of the joint session, to
the discredit of the House: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives dis-
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approves of the behavior of Speaker Pelosi during the joint
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session of Congress held on February 4, 2020.
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