A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should not vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media unless and until Michael Pack corrects his false statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service.

III 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 604 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should not vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media unless and until Michael Pack corrects his false statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 3, 2020 Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. DURBIN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should not vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media unless and until Michael Pack corrects his false statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service. Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires, and the people of the United States expect and deserve, that the Senate provide advice and consent only to those exec- utive branch nominees who are fit to hold positions of public trust in the United States Government; VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR604.IS SR604 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 604 IS Whereas Michael Pack is the nominee to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, which is comprised of the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio and TV Marti, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Network; Whereas Michael Pack created and controls both Public Media Lab, a nonprofit company, and Manifold Produc- tions LLC, a for-profit company which he owns; Whereas, since the creation of Public Media Lab, Michael Pack transferred 100 percent of the tax-exempt grants that Public Media Lab received to his for-profit company, Manifold Productions; Whereas, for several years, in documentation submitted to the Internal Revenue Service that asked whether Public Media Lab had provided grants to any entity controlled by an officer of the nonprofit, Michael Pack responded ‘‘no’’ when the true answer was ‘‘yes’’; Whereas, for several years, in documentation submitted to the Internal Revenue Service that asked whether Public Media Lab conducted business with any entity with which it shared officers or directors, Michael Pack responded ‘‘no’’ when the true answer was ‘‘yes’’; Whereas, in 2019, when the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate raised the subject of the false statements that Michael Pack had made to the Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Pack claimed, in response to a question for the record, that the false statements were ‘‘an oversight’’; Whereas Michael Pack has refused to correct the false state- ments that he made to the Internal Revenue Service; and VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR604.IS SR604 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 604 IS Whereas, in early 2020, Michael Pack provided false informa- tion to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate with regard to his taxes; Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate— 1 (1) should provide advice and consent to execu- 2 tive branch nominees only if those nominees have 3 been truthful in their dealings with Congress and 4 the executive branch; 5 (2) should not vote on any nominee who has 6 made verifiably false statements to Congress or the 7 executive branch and who refuses to correct those 8 statements; and 9 (3) should not vote on the nomination of Mi- 10 chael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the 11 United States Agency for Global Media unless and 12 until Michael Pack corrects his false statements to 13 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 14 and the Internal Revenue Service. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR604.IS SR604 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS