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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.Res. 1193

Introduced

Providing for the expulsion of Representative Cory Mills from the United States House of Representatives.

Sponsor
RNancy Mace· South Carolina
Introduced
April 20, 2026
Policy area
Congress
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.April 20, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1193

Providing for the expulsion of Representative Cory Mills from the 
United States House of Representatives.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 20, 2026

Ms. Mace submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ethics

_______________________________________________________________________

RESOLUTION

Providing for the expulsion of Representative Cory Mills from the 
United States House of Representatives.

Whereas, on February 19, 2025, Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department 
officers were called to resolve a private matter at Representative Cory 
Mills's residence, where officers were called to the 1300 block of 
Maryland Avenue, Southwest around 1:15 p.m. for the report of an 
assault;
Whereas police reports obtained by NBC4 Washington confirmed that the 
Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department was investigating 
Representative Cory Mills for an alleged assault of a 27-year-old woman 
that took place on February 19, 2025, at the residence of Representative 
Cory Mills;
Whereas the first police report, provided to NBC4 Washington by a source and 
confirmed by a second source familiar with the investigation, said that 
the 27-year-old woman accused her significant other for over a year of 
having grabbed her, shoved her, and pushed her out of the door, and also 
said that the woman involved showed the officer ``bruises on her arm 
which appeared fresh'';
Whereas NBC4 Washington also reported that the Metropolitan Police Department 
identified Representative Cory Mills as the significant other of the 
alleged victim of assault--which alleged victim was a 27-year-old woman 
who was not the wife of Representative Cory Mills--and that the alleged 
victim ``let officers hear Subject 1 [now identified by MPD as 
Representative Cory Mills] instruct her to lie about the origin of her 
bruises . . . Eventually, Subject 1 made contact with police and 
admitted that the situation escalated from verbal to physical, but it 
was severe enough to create bruising'';
Whereas, on February 21, 2025, the Washington Post also confirmed two DC police 
officials said that the alleged victim of assault initially told a 911 
operator and police that she had been assaulted and that officers said 
she also had what seemed to be visible injuries, and that while a 
supervisor initially classified the offense internally as a family 
disturbance, police commanders later learned of the incident, reviewed 
the reports and body camera footage from the responding officers, and 
reclassified the case as a domestic violence assault;
Whereas, on February 21, 2025, NBC4 Washington also reported that the 
Metropolitan Police Department determined that probable cause to arrest 
Representative Cory Mills for misdemeanor assault existed and sent an 
arrest warrant for Representative Cory Mills to the United States 
Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia;
Whereas, on April 18, 2026, the Washington Post reported body-camera footage and 
documents show the alleged victim had noticeable injuries to the lower 
part of her right eye and ``injuries/bruises to her arms consistent with 
signs of a physical assault'', and the alleged victim stated the man who 
attacked her, who she later identified as Representative Cory Mills, was 
``a prominent person'' who ``has suddenly become very abusive'';
Whereas, on April 18, 2026, the Washington Post reported body-camera footage and 
documents show Representative Cory Mills instructed the alleged victim 
to explain the injuries she sustained by telling law enforcement they 
``were from our vacation and that I bruise easily'' and later 
Representative Cory Mills told police he wanted to call Pam Bondi, who 
at the time was serving as Attorney General of the United States;
Whereas, on July 14, 2025, a different former romantic partner of Representative 
Cory Mills, who was apparently in a relationship with Representative 
Mills from November 2021 to February 2025, reported to authorities in 
Florida that Representative Mills threatened to release nude images and 
other intimate videos of her and threatened to harm her future romantic 
partners in retaliation for her decision to end a relationship with 
Representative Mills after seeing the public reports described above 
concerning the alleged February 2025 physical assault;
Whereas, on October 14, 2025, the Circuit Court of the Third Judicial Circuit in 
Columbia County, Florida, issued a Final Judgment of Injunction for 
Protection Against Dating Violence against Representative Cory Mills, 
based on a finding that his former romantic partner was a victim of 
dating violence or had reasonable cause to believe she was in imminent 
danger of becoming a victim of another an act of dating violence;
Whereas, in the Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating 
Violence against Representative Cory Mills, the Circuit Court of the 
Third Judicial Circuit in Columbia County, Florida found Representative 
Cory Mills acknowledged sending electronic messages, which included 
``May want to tell every guy you date that if we run into each other at 
any point. Strap up cowboy'' and ``You want to date or be with someone 
else. Be my guest. But they need to know well in advance that if we 
cross paths, I don't care this week, this month, or this decade. They 
better damn well know it's coming every time'';
Whereas, in the Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating 
Violence against Representative Cory Mills, the Circuit Court of the 
Third Judicial Circuit in Columbia County, Florida found Representative 
Cory Mills acknowledged sending electronic messages, which included ``I 
can send him a few videos of you as well[.] Oh I still have them[.]'' 
and ``Thanks again for the videos'';
Whereas, in the Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating 
Violence against Representative Cory Mills, the Circuit Court of the 
Third Judicial Circuit in Columbia County, Florida found ``The 
Respondent [Representative Cory Mills] acknowledged the Petitioner 
requested he `please' leave her alone on May 22, 2025. Despite this 
request, the Respondent [Representative Cory Mills] continued to send 
electronic messages to the Petitioner through June 2025, ignoring her 
eleven (11) separate requests to be left alone'';
Whereas, in the Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating 
Violence against Representative Cory Mills, the Circuit Court of the 
Third Judicial Circuit in Columbia County, Florida found ``Petitioner 
testified, and the evidence supported, the Respondent's [Representative 
Cory Mills'] communications caused her substantial emotional distress 
considering her professional commitments. She described herself as being 
physically ill, curled in the fetal position requiring family 
assistance, suffering hives, seeking professional therapy, and being 
prescribed Xanax and Lexapro, which she took on multiple occasions due 
to the Respondent's [Representative Cory Mills'] actions'', and that 
``she altered her daily routine out of fear, impairing her ability to 
perform her job duties and to live a normal life'';
Whereas, in the Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating 
Violence against Representative Cory Mills, the Circuit Court of the 
Third Judicial Circuit in Columbia County, Florida found that after 
Representative Cory Mills learned of the Petitioner's attempts to seek 
an injunction for protection, he used the phone of the alleged victim of 
the February 19, 2025, assault to contact the Petitioner, caused the 
alleged victim of the February 19, 2025, domestic assault to contact 
her, contacted her family members, and ``caused a public employee under 
his direct supervision to contact'' her;
Whereas, prior to serving in the House of Representatives, Representative Cory 
Mills founded Pacem Solutions International LLC and Pacem Defense LLC, 
and acquired AMTEC Corporation (now renamed as ALS, Inc.), companies 
which engage in security and military contracting with the United States 
Government as well as foreign nations;
Whereas, in August 2024, the Office of Congressional Conduct found ``from 
January 2023 to present, Pacem Defense/ALS, has been actively 
contracting with the Federal Government, securing close to $1,000,000 in 
Federal contracts for munitions and weapons, distributed to prisons 
across the country. Specifically, since January 9, 2024, 94 contracts 
have been awarded to entities owned by Rep. Mills'' and went on to 
conclude ``there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mills may 
have entered into, held, or enjoyed contracts with Federal agencies 
while he was a Member of Congress in violation of House rules, standards 
of conduct, and Federal law'';
Whereas, in August 2024, the Office of Congressional Conduct noted ``According 
to its website, Pacem Solutions is currently registered and/or partnered 
with trusted local firms to work in the following countries: United 
States, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, UAE, Australia, Kenya, Malaysia and 
Kuwait.'' Public reports indicate companies owned by Representative Cory 
Mills sought, or entered into contracts, to sell munitions to foreign 
nations while serving as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Armed Services--representing a clear and troubling 
conflict of interest;
Whereas, in August 2024, the Office of Congressional Conduct adopted and 
transmitted to the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives a 
report indicating that there was substantial reason to believe that 
Representative Cory Mills may have omitted or misrepresented required 
information in his financial disclosure statements, accepted excessive 
contributions to his campaign committee in the form of personal loans 
and contributions that may not have derived from Representative Cory 
Mills' personal funds, and entered into, enjoyed, or held contracts with 
Federal agencies;
Whereas individuals who served in the military with Representative Cory Mills 
have called into question the veracity of the account of events which 
formed the basis of a recommendation that Representative Cory Mills 
receive an award of a Bronze Star, bestowed in 2021, for his service 
under enemy fire in Iraq in 2003;
Whereas, in August 2024, Representative Cory Mills provided the Daytona Beach 
News with documents purporting to prove that he earned a Bronze Star 
with heroism, including a Department of the Army Form 638 recommending 
Representative Cory Mills for a Bronze Star which includes a signature 
from then-Army Brigade Commander Arnold N. Gordon-Bray;
Whereas Retired Brigadier General Arnold N. Gordon-Bray has stated he did not 
personally write, read, or sign the Department of the Army Form 638 
recommending Representative Cory Mills for a Bronze Star;
Whereas five people who served with Representative Cory Mills, including two men 
who were reported as having been personally saved by Representative Cory 
Mills at great risk to his own life as a basis for the recommendation 
for his Bronze Star in the Department of the Army Form 638, disputed 
that Representative Cory Mills was involved in their rescue or provided 
life-saving care;
Whereas one Private First Class cited as having been involved in one of the 
listed achievements on Representative Cory Mills's Army Form 638 
recommending him for a Bronze Star denied that Representative Cory Mills 
provided him any aid and also denied that his injuries were life 
threatening;
Whereas one Sergeant cited as having been involved in one of the listed 
achievements on Representative Cory Mills's Army Form 638 recommending 
him for a Bronze Star called the account a ``fabrication'' and claimed 
that he ``was not involved in any claims that Cory Mills makes about 
me'';
Whereas Representative Cory Mills's employment application to DynCorp 
Internation al stated he served in the United States Army 75th Ranger 
Regiment and attended United States Army Sniper School, claims which are 
not corroborated by his military records; and
Whereas such conduct by Representative Cory Mills affects the dignity and 
integrity of the proceedings of the House and brings discredit upon the 
House: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 2 of the 
Constitution of the United States, Representative Cory Mills, be, and 
he hereby is, expelled from the United States House of Representatives.
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