RepublicanBill · H.Res. 132· House(119-HRES-132)

Censuring Representative Robert Garcia of California for inciting violence against a special government employee.

Rep. Mace
Age: 49 years
South Carolina
Introduced
2/13/2025
Last activity
2/13/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
Sponsored by
Nancy Mace
Cosponsors
None
Congress
  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

A House resolution is the House speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the House agrees to it, it is officially the House's word; it is not a law, so the Senate and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution proposes to officially censure Representative Robert Garcia of California. The text states that the action is taken because Representative Garcia used inappropriate language and called on fellow Democrats to bring actual weapons to a fight against Elon Reeve Musk, a special government employee working in the Department of Government Efficiency. The document argues that this rhetoric attempted to incite violence against a federal employee and affected the dignity and integrity of the House. If passed, the resolution requires Representative Garcia to present himself in the well of the House for a public reading and pronouncement of censure by the Speaker.

Yes

  • Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+2

    The resolution requires a public reading of the censure in the House well, which increases the visibility of congressional disciplinary actions.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.