[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 521 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 521

    Censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congressional 
                        District of California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2023

 Mrs. Luna (for herself, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, 
Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Gaetz, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Hern, 
 Mr. Burlison, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Langworthy) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congressional 
                        District of California.

Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to 
        interfere in the 2016 Presidential election has been revealed as false 
        by numerous in-depth investigations, including the recent report by 
        Special Counsel John Durham, which documents how the conspiracy theory 
        was invented, funded, and spread by President's Trump's political 
        rivals;
Whereas Representative Adam Schiff, who served as ranking minority member and 
        then Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        House of Representatives (the ``Intelligence Committee''), occupied 
        positions of extreme trust, affording him access to sensitive 
        intelligence unavailable to most Members of Congress;
Whereas, for years, Representative Schiff abused this trust by alleging he had 
        evidence of collusion that, as is clear from reports by Special Counsel 
        Robert Mueller, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael 
        Horowitz, and Special Counsel Durham, never existed;
Whereas, for years, Representative Schiff has spread false accusations that the 
        Trump campaign colluded with Russia;
Whereas, on March 20, 2017, Representative Schiff perpetuated false allegations 
        from the Steele Dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding 
        with Russia into the Congressional Record;
Whereas, once again abusing his privileged access to classified information, 
        Representative Schiff released a memo justifying the accuracy of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application on 
        Trump associate Carter Page, of which was later found by Inspector 
        General Horowitz to have 17 major mistakes and omissions, provoking FISA 
        Court Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer to state unequivocally that the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation ``misled the FISC'';
Whereas, as ranking minority member and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, 
        Representative Schiff behaved dishonestly and dishonorably on many other 
        occasions, including by publicly, falsely denying that his staff 
        communicated with a whistleblower to launch the first impeachment of 
        President Trump;
Whereas, as part of his impeachment efforts, during a hearing on September 26, 
        2019, Representative Schiff misled the public by reading a false 
        retelling of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian 
        President Volodymyr Zelensky;
Whereas, on March 28, 2019, every Republican member of the Intelligence 
        Committee signed a letter calling for Representative Schiff's immediate 
        resignation as Chairman;
Whereas Representative Schiff hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee 
        to fulfill its oversight responsibilities over the Intelligence 
        Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security; and
Whereas these actions of Representative Schiff misled the American people and 
        brought disrepute upon the House of Representatives: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the House of Representatives censures Adam Schiff, 
        Representative of the 30th Congressional District of 
        California, for misleading the American public and for conduct 
        unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present 
        himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the 
        pronouncement of censure;
            (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the 
        public reading of this resolution by the Speaker; and
            (4) the Committee on Ethics shall conduct an investigation 
        into Representative Adam Schiff's falsehoods, 
        misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive information.
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