[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 604 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 604

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should not vote on 
  the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the 
  United States Agency for Global Media unless and until Michael Pack 
corrects his false statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
              the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 3, 2020

 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Durbin) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate should not vote on 
  the nomination of Michael Pack to be Chief Executive Officer of the 
  United States Agency for Global Media unless and until Michael Pack 
corrects his false statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
              the Senate and the Internal Revenue Service.

Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires, and the people of the 
        United States expect and deserve, that the Senate provide advice and 
        consent only to those executive branch nominees who are fit to hold 
        positions of public trust in the United States Government;
Whereas Michael Pack is the nominee to be Chief Executive Officer of the United 
        States Agency for Global Media, which is comprised of the Voice of 
        America, Radio Free Europe, Radio and TV Marti, Radio Free Asia, and the 
        Middle East Broadcasting Network;
Whereas Michael Pack created and controls both Public Media Lab, a nonprofit 
        company, and Manifold Productions LLC, a for-profit company which he 
        owns;
Whereas, since the creation of Public Media Lab, Michael Pack transferred 100 
        percent of the tax-exempt grants that Public Media Lab received to his 
        for-profit company, Manifold Productions;
Whereas, for several years, in documentation submitted to the Internal Revenue 
        Service that asked whether Public Media Lab had provided grants to any 
        entity controlled by an officer of the nonprofit, Michael Pack responded 
        ``no'' when the true answer was ``yes'';
Whereas, for several years, in documentation submitted to the Internal Revenue 
        Service that asked whether Public Media Lab conducted business with any 
        entity with which it shared officers or directors, Michael Pack 
        responded ``no'' when the true answer was ``yes'';
Whereas, in 2019, when the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate raised 
        the subject of the false statements that Michael Pack had made to the 
        Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Pack claimed, in response to a question 
        for the record, that the false statements were ``an oversight'';
Whereas Michael Pack has refused to correct the false statements that he made to 
        the Internal Revenue Service; and
Whereas, in early 2020, Michael Pack provided false information to the Committee 
        on Foreign Relations of the Senate with regard to his taxes; Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) should provide advice and consent to executive branch 
        nominees only if those nominees have been truthful in their 
        dealings with Congress and the executive branch;
            (2) should not vote on any nominee who has made verifiably 
        false statements to Congress or the executive branch and who 
        refuses to correct those statements; and
            (3) should not vote on the nomination of Michael Pack to be 
        Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global 
        Media unless and until Michael Pack corrects his false 
        statements to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
        and the Internal Revenue Service.
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