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Removing certain Members from standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Removing certain Members from standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Summary
This resolution directs the Sergeant at Arms to identify Members of Congress who ignored the Speaker's directive to leave the Well of the House (the floor area) on March 6, 2025. Those identified Members will be removed from all standing committee assignments for the remainder of the 119th Congress. The identification must be submitted to the Speaker within one week of the resolution's passage. The resolution provides the procedure for committee removals based on the identified conduct.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] (R-TN)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Mar 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ethics. · house
- Mar 6, 2025 Submitted in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 6, 2025
Mr. Ogles submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics
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. <all>
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