H.Res. 197House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.

Introduced March 5, 2025

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This resolution seeks to officially reprimand Rep. Al Green of Texas for interrupting President Trump’s speech during a joint session of Congress, which the House says violated expected decorum. It would publicly censure him, require him to appear before the chamber, and have the censure read aloud, affecting only Rep. Green.

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  • The House would formally censure Representative Al Green of Texas for disrupting President Donald J. Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025.
  • The resolution requires Representative Green to appear in the well of the House for the censure to be pronounced.
  • The censure would be publicly read by the Speaker of the House.

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IV

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 197

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

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

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.