Whereas Representative George Santos deceived and defrauded the voters of New York’s Third Congressional District by falsely representing his education, his employment history, his religion, his campaign finances, and his family’s connections to some of the world’s most tragic events of the past century; Whereas George Santos falsely represented that he is a member of the Jewish faith, including the lie that his grandparents were Holocaust survivors; Whereas George Santos falsely represented that his mother survived the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; Whereas George Santos falsely represented that 4 of his employees died in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida; Whereas George Santos falsely represented that he received a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College where he was a volleyball champion, and that he received a master’s degree from New York University; Whereas George Santos falsely represented that he had worked at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup; Whereas, in May 2016, George Santos reportedly stole $3,000 from 2 New Jersey veterans by fraudulently creating a GoFundMe page to raise money for lifesaving surgery for 1 veteran’s dog but that was never used for its stated purpose; Whereas George Santos falsely claimed that he founded an animal rescue charity that saved more than 2,500 dogs and cats; Whereas Representative George Santos ran for Congress in 2020, and stated in his financial disclosure report for that campaign that he possessed no assets, real estate, or dividends, and received a salary of $55,000 from his then-employer; Whereas, as early as January 15, 2021, Representative George Santos’s campaign committee received more than $5,000 in contributions in support of his candidacy for the congressional seat in New York’s Third Congressional District; Whereas, on April 17, 2021, Mr. Santos filed his Statement of Candidacy, and by that time, his campaign had received more than $200,000 in contributions