Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) will be filing a resolution to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) from the House after she was indicted for stealing millions of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds.
The House is facing a doozy of a week as several members faced censures.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) will reportedly pursue a censure vote against Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) to remove him from several committees, and Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) avoided being censured this week after unearthed emails showed her texting with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while she was taking part in a congressional hearing in 2019.
Rep. Steube initially planned on filing a privileged motion to censure Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick and remove her from all committees, but the Florida Republican has now announced that he is seeking to oust her from Congress.
On X, Rep. Steube commented that "defrauding the federal government and disaster victims of $5 million is an automatic disqualifier from serving in elected office." "Cherfilus-McCormick needs to be swiftly removed from the House before she can inflict any more harm on Congress, her district, and the state of Florida," he added. "I'll be filing the resolution today. If she refuses to resign and save Congress the embarrassment of having to expel her, I will bring this resolution to the floor for a vote."
The Department of Justice announced this week that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick had been indicted for stealing $5 million in FEMA funds as well as making illegal campaign contributions. Her legal team maintains her innocence, claiming that they "will fight to clear her good name."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced that Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick would step down from her leadership position on a House Foreign Affairs Committee "while the matter is ongoing."
In a statement, Christie Stephenson, a spokesperson for the House Minority Leader said that "Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has proudly represented the people of Palm Beach and Broward Counties since 2022. Consistent with the United States Constitution, she is entitled to her day in court and the presumption of innocence."
