Rep. Yvette Clark (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) over allegations of harassment, assault and stolen valor, invoking a procedure to force a vote on the matter on the House floor.
Mills has denied all the accusations.
Clark, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus, brought the resolution forward as the House prepared to vote on a GOP-sponsored resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), another member of the Black Caucus, who faces charges resulting from a clash with officials at an immigrant detention center.
A censure amounts to a formal reprimand by the House, but Clark’s resolution would not impose any other punishment on Mills. The House will have to consider the matter within two legislative days, since Clark noticed it a