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This resolution censures Representative Al Green.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 197 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 197

              Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2025

 Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
 Fallon, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Fry, Mr. Harris of 
North Carolina, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Yakym, 
   Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Barr, Mr. Collins, Mr. Steube, Mr. Green of 
 Tennessee, Mr. Cline, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Van Drew, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. 
 Rulli, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Pfluger, Ms. Greene of 
   Georgia, Mr. Kiley of California, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. 
   Gooden, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Self, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. 
Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Onder, Mr. Arrington, and Mr. Carter of Texas) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                               on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
              Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.

Whereas, on March 4, 2025, during the joint session of Congress convened by the 
        invitation of the House and Senate, Representative Al Green of Texas 
        engaged in behavior that interrupted President Donald J. Trump's address 
        to a joint session of Congress, violating decorum and order expected of 
        Members of Congress;
Whereas pursuant to Rule I of the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the House 
        of Representatives, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 
        preserve order and decorum in the chamber;
Whereas Members of Congress were advised by the Speaker of the House to maintain 
        decorum;
Whereas Representative Green willfully disrupted the joint session, remained 
        defiant, and was subsequently removed by the House Sergeant at Arms from 
        the chamber; and
Whereas the actions of Representative Green brought disrepute to the United 
        States Congress: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) Representative Al Green of Texas 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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