RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 41 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)] [House] [Pages H2391-H2392] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE Ms. MACE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the privileges of the House and offer the resolution that was previously noticed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution. The Clerk read as follows: H. Res. ___ Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee's review of violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment) and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Whereas there is no place for sexual harassment or unwelcome sexual advances in the House of Representatives; Whereas clause 9 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House provides ``Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not discharge and may not refuse to hire an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of the race, color, religion, sex (including marital or parental status), sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or national origin of such individual, including by committing an act of sexual harassment against such individual''; Whereas clause 18(a) of Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House provides ``A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not engage in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House who works under the supervision of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, or who is an employee of a committee on which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner serves''; Whereas clause 18(b) of Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House provides ``A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not engage in unwelcome sexual advances or conduct towards another Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House''; Whereas sexual harassment and unwelcome sexual advances by Members, Delegates, or Resident Commissioners, in violation of clause 9 and clause 18 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House, affect the safety, dignity, and the integrity of the proceedings of the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Committee on Ethics shall-- (1) preserve all documents and investigative materials related to any violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment), clause 18, or any other clause (to the extent an act of sexual harassment, unwelcome sexual advance, or sexual assault constituted a violation or alleged violation of such clause) of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner; and (2) not later than 60 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, make publicly available all final reports, or in such cases where there is not a final report, the most recent draft report, conclusions, recommendations, exhibits, and attached or accompanying materials, with the personally identifiable information of victims, alleged victims, and witnesses redacted, related to the Committee's investigations into violations or alleged violations of clause 9 (as it pertains to acts of sexual harassment), clause 18, or any other clause (to the extent an act of sexual harassment, unwelcome sexual advance, or sexual assault constituted a violation or alleged violation of such clause) of rule XXIII by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies. Motion to Refer Mr. GARBARINO. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk to refer the resolution to the Committee on Ethics. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion to refer. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Garbarino of New York moves to refer the resolution to the Committee on Ethics. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 1 hour. Mr. GARBARINO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my motion. I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the motion to refer. The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to refer. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Ms. MACE. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 357, nays 65, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 83] YEAS--357 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Baumgartner Beatty Begich Bell Bentz Bera Beyer Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bishop [[Page H2392]] Bost Boyle (PA) Brecheen Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Bynum Calvert Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cline Cloud Clyburn Clyde Cohen Cole Collins Conaway Costa Courtney Craig Crank Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davidson Davis (IL) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Fry Fulcher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Gillen Gimenez Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gonzales, Tony Gooden Goodlander Gosar Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hayes Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (TX) Jacobs Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Lynch Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McIver Meeks Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Nehls Newhouse Norcross Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Peters Pfluger Pingree Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Reschenthaler Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rulli Rutherford Salazar Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Scott, David Self Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Soto Stansbury Stanton Stauber Steil Steube Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Taylor Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Turner (OH) Underwood Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (FL) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke NAYS--65 Barrett Bean (FL) Bergman Biggs (AZ) Boebert Burchett Burlison Cammack Comer Correa Crane Crawford Davis (NC) Donalds Downing Escobar Fine Fitzpatrick Gill (TX) Golden (ME) Gomez Grijalva James Jayapal Kean Khanna Krishnamoorthi Langworthy Luna Mace Mackenzie Massie McBride McClintock McGovern McGuire Mfume Miller (OH) Mills Min Moore (NC) Moore (WV) Mrvan Neguse Norman Ogles Perez Perry Pettersen Pocan Riley (NY) Roy Ryan Salinas Schmidt Schrier Schweikert Sorensen Spartz Stefanik Swalwell Takano Tran Vindman Wilson (SC) ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1 Knott NOT VOTING--9 Baird Bonamici Crenshaw Garcia (TX) Gonzalez, V. Jackson (IL) Onder Smith (WA) Valadao {time} 1433 Messrs. NEGUSE and DOWNING changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.'' So the motion to refer was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote during the vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted: NAY on roll call No. 79, ordering the previous question on H. Res. 1095; NO on roll call No. 80, Passage of H. Res. 1095; YEA on roll call No. 81, passage of S. 723; YEA on roll call No. 82, passage of H.R. 6472; and YEA on roll call No. 83, Motion to Refer H. Res. 1100. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I regret to inform you that I was unable to attend today's legislative session. Had I been present, I would have voted: NAY on Roll Call No. 79, NO on Roll Call No. 80, YEA on Roll Call No. 81, YEA on Roll Call No. 82, and YEA on Roll Call No. 83. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to attend votes today due to a personal family matter. Had I been present, I would have voted: YEA on Roll Call No. 79, AYE on Roll Call No. 80, YEA on Roll Call No. 81, YEA on Roll Call No. 82, and YEA on Roll Call No. 83. ____________________

Referenced legislation: S723, HRES1095, HRES1100, HR6472