Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/189

Official text excerpt

119 HRES 189 IH: Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas. 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-03-05 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2025 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Rose , Mr. Begich , Mr. Edwards , Mr. McGuire , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Yakym , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. Collins , Mr. Rulli , Mr. Van Orden , Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Gooden , Mr. Crank , Mr. Womack , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Timmons , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Owens , Mr. Bresnahan , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Flood , Mr. Estes , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona , Mr. McCormick , Ms. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Wied , Mr. Onder , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Baumgartner , and Mr. Fleischmann ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas. Whereas, on March 4, 2025, during the joint session of Congress convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution 11, the President of the United States, speaking at the invitation of the House and Senate, had his remarks interrupted by the Representative from Texas, Mr. Green; Whereas the conduct of the Representative from Texas disrupted the proceedings of the joint address and was a breach of proper conduct; and Whereas after numerous disruptions, the Representative from Texas had to be removed from the chamber by the Sergeant at Arms: Now, therefore, be it That— (1) Representative Al Green be censured; (2) Representative Al Green forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and (3) Representative Al Green be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.

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Citations

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