IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 329 Condemning Mexican President Andre´s Manuel Lo´pez Obrador’s statements of political interference in United States elections. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 26, 2023 Mr. CRENSHAW submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Condemning Mexican President Andre´s Manuel Lo´pez Obrador’s statements of political interference in United States elections. Whereas foreign interference in another nation’s elections is a violation of law and longstanding international customs, including the United Nation’s Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Char- ter of the United Nations (1970); Whereas, according to article 3, chapter II of the Charter of the Organization of American States, in which both the United States and the Government of Mexico are mem- bers, ‘‘Every State has the right to choose, without exter- nal interference, its political, economic, and social system and to organize itself in the way best suited to it, and VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR329.IH HR329 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 329 IH has the duty to abstain from intervening in the affairs of another State. Subject to the foregoing, the American States shall cooperate fully among themselves, independ- ently of the nature of their political, economic, and social systems’’; Whereas, on March 9, 2023, President Lo´pez Obrador stated that his government would ‘‘start an information cam- paign for Mexicans who live and work in the United States . . . and if they do not change their attitude and think that they are going to use Mexico for their propa- ganda, electoral, and political purposes, we are going to call for them not to vote for that party, because it is interventionist, inhumane, hypocritical, and corrupt’’; Whereas, on March 9, 2023, the Associated Press reported that President Lo´pez Obrador ‘‘threatened to start a campaign in the United States asking Mexicans and His- panics who live there not to vote for Republicans’’; Whereas, on March 9, 2023, the Los Angeles Times reported that President Lo´pez Obrador ‘‘threatened to encourage U.S. Latino voters to oppose the GOP’’; Whereas, on March 10, 2023, the Washington Post reported that President Lo´pez Obrador said that ‘‘he would ask Americans of Mexican and Hispanic origin not to vote for Republicans’’; Whereas, on March 10, 2023, Fox News reported that Presi- dent Lo´pez Obrador ‘‘threatened to launch an ‘informa- tion campaign’ in the U.S. against Republicans, telling Mexicans and Hispanics not to vote for them unless U.S. lawmakers change their treatment of Mexico—an appar- ent threat of election interference by the head of state in VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR329.IH HR329 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 329 IH response to U.S. calls for action against cartels smug- gling fentanyl across the border’’; and Whereas, in July 2022, President Lo´pez Obrador attacked the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, and expressed the intent to interfere in United States elections, stating, ‘‘[W]e’re going to ask our countrymen there that they don’t vote for that candidate or party’’: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) calls on Mexican President Andre´s Manuel 2 Lo´pez Obrador to fully and unequivocally retract his 3 statement made on March 9, 2023; 4 (2) calls on Mexican President Lo´pez Obrador 5 to commit to noninterference in any election in the 6 United States; 7 (3) calls on Mexican President Lo´pez Obrador 8 to take action to ensure that no ministry or instru- 9 mentality acting on behalf of the Mexican Govern- 10 ment takes any action to interfere with any election 11 within the United States; 12 (4) calls on the Department of State to monitor 13 the Mexican Government’s activities that may inter- 14 fere in Federal, State, or local elections in the 15 United States; and 16 (5) calls on President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to 17 strongly denounce, condemn, and use the tools of 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR329.IH HR329 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HRES 329 IH government to protect against all foreign inter- 1 ference. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 Apr 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR329.IH HR329 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB