H.Res. 825

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 825 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 825

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to 
the House of Representatives referring to United States Government 
agencies sharing certain communications with the public and Federal 
employees.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 21, 2025

Mr. Mfume (for himself, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Lynch, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Brown, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Casar, Ms. Randall, Ms. Simon, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. 
Ansari, Mr. Min, and Mrs. McClain Delaney) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform

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RESOLUTION

Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to 
the House of Representatives referring to United States Government 
agencies sharing certain communications with the public and Federal 
employees.

Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit, to the 
extent that such documents are in the possession of the President, to 
the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the adoption 
of this resolution, in complete and unredacted form, a copy of the 
following:
(1) Any and all documents and communications, including 
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic 
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to a 
directive from the Office of Management and Budget to Federal 
agencies directing them to include certain language in 
communications to employees regarding a potential lapse in 
appropriations.
(2) Any and all documents and communications, including 
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic 
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development posting a message 
on their website reading ``The Radical Left in Congress shut 
down the government. HUD will use available resources to help 
Americans in need.''.
(3) Any and all documents and communications, including 
notes from meetings, audio records, telephone and electronic 
mail records, text and other digital messages, related to the 
decision of the Department of Education to modify the out-of-
office email messages of furloughed employees to read as 
follows: ``Thank you for contacting me. On September 10, 2025, 
the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean 
continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are 
blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a 
lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse of appropriations, I 
am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once 
government functions resume.''.
(4) Any and all documents or communications between the 
Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President, the 
Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management and 
Budget, and the Office of Special Counsel on whether any 
communications issued from official Federal Government sources 
regarding the Federal Government lapse in appropriations 
occurring in October 2025 constituted a violation of the 
sections 7323 or 7324 of title 5, United States Code, or 
section 1341 of title 31, United States Code.
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