Censuring Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. RES. 1241 Censuring Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. LESKO, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Censuring Representative Bill Pascrell of New Jersey. Whereas, on November 20, 2020, Representative Bill Pascrell sent a letter to the State Bar of Arizona, the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission, the Office of the Bar Counsel of Nevada, the State of New York Grievance Committee, and the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, to file a complaint against attor- neys in each jurisdiction representing the campaign of President Donald J. Trump; Whereas Representative Bill Pascrell’s letters accuse the at- torneys of filing ‘‘frivolous lawsuits’’ and requests each State agency ‘‘to commence an immediate investigation of their actions and consider sanctions for their conduct up to and including revocation of their licenses to practice law in your jurisdiction.’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Nov 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1241.IH HR1241 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 HRES 1241 IH Whereas President Donald J. Trump’s campaign has a legal right to sue to ensure that each legal vote is counted and to challenge any illegal votes; and Whereas each candidate running for public office in each State has the right to pursue every legal option to ensure ballot integrity and fair elections: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That— 1 (1) the House of Representatives censures Rep- 2 resentative Bill Pascrell for conduct that threatens 3 the livelihoods of American citizens in a way that is 4 not befitting an elected Member of the House of 5 Representatives; 6 (2) Representative Bill Pascrell will forthwith 7 present himself in the well of the House for the pro- 8 nouncement of censure; and 9 (3) Representative Bill Pascrell will be censured 10 with the public reading of this resolution by the 11 Speaker. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:21 Nov 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR1241.IH HR1241 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS