H.Res. 1500 — Introduced in House

IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 25, 2024Mr. Horsford (for himself, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Veasey, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mrs. Foushee, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Brown, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Sewell, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Carson, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Frost, Mr. Amo, Ms. Omar, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Waters, Ms. Bush, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Underwood, and Mr. Bowman) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Censuring Representative Glen Clay Higgins of the 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana. Whereas, on September 25, 2024, Representative Glen Clay Higgins used his official account on X to publicly slander, insult, and demean all Haitians and Haitian Americans in an overtly racist post, referring to Haiti as the nastiest country in the Western Hemisphere, falsely accusing Haitians of eating pets, denigrating Haitians as slapstick gangsters and thugs, and threatening Haitians to get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th: Now, therefore, be it That— (1) the House of Representatives censures Glen Clay Higgins, Representative of the 3rd Congressional District of Louisiana; (2) Representative Glen Clay Higgins will forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure; and (3) Representative Glen Clay Higgins will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.