Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States…

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Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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No cosponsors.

House Introduced Jul 17, 2019
House Passed Jul 17, 2019 230–198

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 17, 2019

This resolution finds Attorney General William P. Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with certain subpoenas authorized and issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform relating to the 2020 census. The resolution states that Mr. Barr and Mr. Ross failed to produce documents in compliance with subpoenas issued on April 2, 2019. The resolution also states that Mr. Barr ordered a Department of Justice employee, John Gore, not to comply with an April 11, 2019, subpoena requiring Mr. Gore to appear for deposition testimony before the committee.

The House of Representatives must certify to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia a committee report detailing the failure to comply with the subpoenas.

The resolution requires the House and committee to take additional action to enforce the subpoenas.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jul 17, 2019 · 230 Yea – 198 Nay Adoption Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Secretary of Commerce, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Latest action (Jul 23, 2019): CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENT - The Chair informed the House that, pursuant to H.Res. 497, the Speaker has certified to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia the refusal of William P. Barr and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., to produce documents to the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Nay
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Nay
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Nay
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Nay
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Nay
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Nay
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Nay
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Nay
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Nay
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Nay
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Nay
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Nay
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Nay
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Nay
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Yea
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Nay
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Nay
Josh Harder	D	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
TJ Cox	D	CA-21	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Nay
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Nay
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Katie Hill	D	CA-25	Yea
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Gilbert Cisneros	D	CA-39	Yea
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Katie Porter	D	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Yea
Harley Rouda	D	CA-48	Yea
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Nay
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Nay
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Nay
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Nay
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Nay
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Nay
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Nay
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Nay
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Yea
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
Ross Spano	R	FL-15	Nay
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Nay
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Nay
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Nay
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Nay
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Nay
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Nay
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	D	FL-26	Yea
Donna Shalala	D	FL-27	Yea
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Nay
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Nay
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Nay
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Nay
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Nay
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Nay
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Nay
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Nay
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Nay
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Nay
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Yea
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Nay
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Nay
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Not Voting
Abby Finkenauer	D	IA-1	Yea
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Yea
Cynthia Axne	D	IA-3	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-4	Nay
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Nay
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Nay
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Nay
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Nay
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Nay
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Nay
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Nay
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Nay
James Baird	R	IN-4	Nay
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Nay
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Nay
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Nay
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Nay
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Nay
Steven Watkins	R	KS-2	Nay
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Nay
James Comer	R	KY-1	Nay
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Nay
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Nay
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Nay
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Nay
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Nay
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Nay
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
David Trone	D	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Nay
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Nay
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Nay
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-13	Yea
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Nay
Justin Amash	I	MI-3	Yea
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Nay
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Nay
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Nay
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-8	Yea
Andy Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Jim Hagedorn	R	MN-1	Nay
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Nay
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Nay
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Nay
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Nay
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Nay
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Nay
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Nay
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Nay
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Nay
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	Nay
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Nay
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Nay
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Nay
George Holding	R	NC-2	Nay
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Nay
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Not Voting
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Nay
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Not Voting
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Nay
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Nay
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Nay
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Nay
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	D	NJ-2	Nay
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Nay
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Tom Malinowski	D	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Debra Haaland	D	NM-1	Yea
Xochitl Torres Small	D	NM-2	Yea
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Nay
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Max Rose	D	NY-11	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Yea
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
Antonio Delgado	D	NY-19	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-2	Nay
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Nay
Anthony Brindisi	D	NY-22	Nay
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Nay
John Katko	R	NY-24	Nay
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Nay
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Nay
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Nay
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Nay
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Nay
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Nay
Anthony Gonzalez	R	OH-16	Nay
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Nay
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Nay
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Nay
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Nay
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Nay
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Nay
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Nay
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Nay
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Nay
Kendra Horn	D	OK-5	Yea
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Nay
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Nay
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Nay
Fred Keller	R	PA-12	Nay
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Nay
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Nay
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Nay
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Nay
Conor Lamb	D	PA-17	Nay
Michael Doyle	D	PA-18	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Nay
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Joe Cunningham	D	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Nay
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Nay
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Nay
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Nay
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Nay
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Nay
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Nay
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Nay
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Nay
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Nay
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Nay
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Nay
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Yea
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Nay
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Nay
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Nay
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Nay
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Nay
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Nay
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Nay
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Nay
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Nay
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Nay
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Nay
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Nay
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Van Taylor	R	TX-3	Nay
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Nay
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Nay
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Nay
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Nay
Ron Wright	R	TX-6	Nay
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Nay
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Nay
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Nay
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Nay
Ben McAdams	D	UT-4	Yea
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Nay
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Elaine Luria	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Yea
Denver Riggleman	R	VA-5	Nay
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Nay
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Nay
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Nay
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Nay
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Nay
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Nay
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Nay
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Nay
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Nay
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Nay
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Nay
Carol Miller	R	WV-3	Nay
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Nay

Recommending that the House of Representatives find William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jul 17, 2019