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HRES.201 - 119th Congress
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2025-03-06 - Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
Introduced Date
2025-03-06
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This resolution would punish certain House members for their behavior on the House floor on March 6, 2025 by removing them from all standing committees they serve on for the rest of the 119th Congress. It directs House officials to identify which members ignored the Speaker’s order to leave the center area of the House, and those members would lose their committee assignments if the resolution is approved.
- The House Sergeant at Arms would have one week after passage to determine which members did not follow the Speaker’s directive.
- Only the members named in that determination would be removed from their standing committees.
- The removals would last for the remainder of the 119th Congress.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 201 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 201
Removing certain Members from standing committees of the House of
Representatives.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Ogles submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Ethics
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RESOLUTION
Removing certain Members from standing committees of the House of
Representatives.
Whereas clause I of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives
provides, ``A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall
reflect creditably on the House.''; and
Whereas several Representatives should be removed from their committee
assignments in light of conduct they exhibited on the floor of the House
on March 6, 2025: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That not later than one week following the passage of
this resolution, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
shall provide a determination as to which Members ignored the Speaker's
directive to leave the Well of the House on March 6, 2025, and those
individuals shall, upon submission of that list to the Speaker, be
removed from any standing committee on which they currently serve for
the remainder of the 119th Congress.
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