FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., has filed a decision to punish the Democrats who derailed Home ground proceedings as Rep. Al Inexperienced, D-Texas, was being censured on Thursday.
“We have a country to run. The failed policies of Joe Biden is why they lost the House, why they lost the Senate, why they lost the presidency. They can lick their wounds all day, but they still have to behave on the House floor,” Ogles advised Fox Information Digital in a quick interview.
“We can disagree on issues and politics, but we’re gonna respect one another, and I’m tired of this crap.”
Ogles’ decision is aimed toward stripping committee assignments from the Democratic lawmakers who quickly plunged the Home into chaos on Thursday.
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Rep. Al Inexperienced is faraway from the chamber as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Picture)
He advised Fox Information Digital that he intends to deem the decision “privileged,” which means Home leaders can have two legislative days to take the measure up.
It may very well be voted on as early as subsequent week, when Ogles is planning on broaching the matter with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
All however 12 Home Democrats voted in opposition to censuring Inexperienced for disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening. Ten Democrats voted with Republicans to reprimand Inexperienced, whereas two, together with the Texas lawmaker himself voted “present.”
Earlier than the formal censure may very well be learn out to Inexperienced, nevertheless, Democrats upended Home ground proceedings by gathering with the Texas Democrat and singing “We shall overcome.” Johnson was pressured to name the Home right into a recess after failing a number of instances to quell the protest.
The Home ground briefly descended into chaos as a small group of Republicans and Democrats continued confronting one another, with one Republican heard calling Democrats “embarrassing” for his or her conduct.
Rep. Andy Ogles filed the decision. (Michael M. Santiago)
Ogles’ decision, first obtained by Fox Information Digital, directs the Home Sergeant-at-Arms to “provide a determination” of “which members ignored the speaker’s directive to leave the well of the House.”
“Upon submission of that list to the speaker,” they might be “removed from any standing committee on which they currently serve for the remainder of the 119th Congress,” the textual content mentioned.
Ogles first posted his intent to file his decision on X.
“The speaker, he’s a good man, he’s a Christian man. He has a kind heart. With grace gave them the opportunity to stop and they refuse to do so,” Ogles advised Fox Information Digital. “So, look, if you wanna act like a petulant child on the House floor and you’re giving a warning and a reprimand, and you choose not to stop, then actions need to be taken.”
Inexperienced was faraway from Trump’s joint tackle to Congress on Tuesday evening after repeatedly disrupting the start of the president’s speech.
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He shouted, “You have no mandate!” at Trump as he touted Republican victories within the Home, Senate and White Home.
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Johnson had Inexperienced eliminated by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
The 77-year-old Democrat was unrepentant when given the possibility to talk out in his protection on Wednesday.
“I heard the speaker when he said that I should cease. I did not, and I did not with intentionality. It was not done out of a burst of emotion,” Inexperienced mentioned. “I think that on some questions, questions of conscience, you have to be willing to suffer the consequences. And I have said I will. I will suffer whatever the consequences are, because I don’t believe that in the richest country in the world, people should be without good healthcare.”
