[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 166 (Monday, October 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8279-H8280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I
rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the
privileges of the House.
The form of the resolution is as follows:
Whereas President Trump released the transcript of a call between him
and the President of Ukraine;
Whereas President Trump subsequently released the whistleblower
complaint of August 12, 2019;
Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower
complaint, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff purported
to relay the content of the phone call to the American people;
Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available transcript,
Chairman Schiff manufactured a false retelling of the conversation
between President Trump and President Zelensky;
Whereas this egregiously false and fabricated retelling had no
relationship to the call itself;
Whereas these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the American people,
bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery
of the impeachment process, one of this Chamber's most solemn
constitutional duties;
Whereas, for more than 2 years, Chairman Schiff has spread false
accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia;
Whereas, on March 20, 2017, then-Ranking Member Schiff read out false
allegations from the Steele dossier accusing numerous Trump associates
of colluding with Russia;
Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff falsely claimed in a March 2017
interview to have ``more than circumstantial evidence'' of collusion
with Russia;
Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff negotiated with Russian comedians
whom he believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to
damage the President of the United States politically;
Whereas, according to a New York Times article on October 2, 2019,
Chairman Schiff's committee staff met with the whistleblower prior to
the filing of his complaint, and staff members communicated the content
of the complaint to Chairman Schiff;
Whereas Chairman Schiff concealed his dealings with the whistleblower
from the rest of the Intelligence Committee, and when asked directly in
a television interview whether he had any contact with the
whistleblower, he lied to the American people and said, ``We have not
spoken directly with the whistleblower.'';
Whereas members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his
objectivity and capabilities as chairman, with every Republican member
on the committee having signed a letter calling for his immediate
resignation as chairman; and
Whereas Chairman Schiff has hindered the ability of the Intelligence
Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities of the intelligence
community, an indispensable pillar of our national security: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) the House of Representatives censures and condemns Representative
Adam Schiff for conduct that misleads the American people in a way that
is not befitting an elected Member of the House of Representatives;
(2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the
well of the House for the pronouncement of censure; and
(3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public
reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would now recognize the gentleman
from Arizona to offer the resolution just noticed.
Does the gentleman offer the resolution?
Mr. BIGGS. Yes.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
The Clerk read the resolution as follows:
Whereas President Trump released the transcript of a call
between him and the President of Ukraine;
Whereas President Trump subsequently released the
whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019;
Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the
whistleblower complaint, House Intelligence Committee
Chairman Adam Schiff purported to relay the content of the
phone call to the American people;
Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available
transcript, Chairman Schiff manufactured a false retelling of
the conversation between President Trump and President
Zelensky;
Whereas this egregiously false and fabricated retelling had
no relationship to the call itself;
Whereas these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the
American people, bring disrepute upon the House of
Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment
process, one of this chamber's most solemn constitutional
duties;
Whereas, for more than 2 years, Chairman Schiff has spread
false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with
Russia;
Whereas, on March 20, 2017, then-Ranking Member Schiff read
out false allegations from the Steele dossier accusing
numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia;
Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff falsely claimed in a
March 2017 interview to have ``more than circumstantial
evidence'' of collusion with Russia;
Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff negotiated with Russian
comedians whom he believed to be Ukrainian officials to
obtain materials to damage the President of the United States
politically;
Whereas, according to a New York Times article on October
2, 2019, Chairman Schiff's committee staff met with the
whistleblower prior to the filing of his complaint, and staff
members communicated the content of the complaint to Chairman
Schiff;
Whereas Chairman Schiff concealed his dealings with the
whistleblower from the rest of the Intelligence Committee,
and when asked directly in a television interview whether he
had any contact with the whistleblower, he lied to the
American people and said, ``We have not spoken directly with
the whistleblower.'';
Whereas members of the Intelligence Committee have lost
faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman, with
every Republican member on the Committee having signed a
letter calling for his immediate resignation as Chairman; and
Whereas Chairman Schiff has hindered the ability of the
Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight
responsibilities of the Intelligence Community, an
indispensable pillar of our national security: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) the House of Representatives censures and condemns
Representative Adam Schiff for conduct that misleads the
American people in a way that is not befitting an elected
Member of the House of Representatives;
(2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present
himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of
censure; and
(3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the
public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.
Motion to Table
Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
The Clerk read as follows:
Mr. Hoyer moves that the resolution be laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table
offered by the gentleman from Maryland.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
=========================== NOTE ===========================
October 21, 2019, on page H8279, the following appeared: The
question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the
noes appeared to have it.
The online version has been corrected to read: The question was
taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
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Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-minute votes
on motions to suspend the rules and pass:
H.R. 4406; and
H.R. 4407.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218,
nays 185, not voting 28, as follows:
[Roll No. 568]
YEAS--218
Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Axne
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brindisi
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
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Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Cunningham
Davids (KS)
Davis (CA)
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Finkenauer
Fletcher
Foster
Frankel
Fudge
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al (TX)
Harder (CA)
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Hill (CA)
Himes
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (TX)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim
Kind
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lewis
Lieu, Ted
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCollum
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
O'Halleran
Ocasio-Cortez
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Perlmutter
Peterson
Phillips
Pocan
Porter
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Rose (NY)
Rouda
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Slotkin
Smith (WA)
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stanton
Stevens
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Underwood
Van Drew
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wexton
Wild
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
NAYS--185
Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Armstrong
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Banks
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Bost
Brady
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burchett
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Cline
Cloud
Cole
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Crawford
Crenshaw
Davidson (OH)
Davis, Rodney
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Duncan
Dunn
Emmer
Estes
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx (NC)
Fulcher
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (OH)
Gosar
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green (TN)
Griffith
Grothman
Guest
Guthrie
Hagedorn
Harris
Hartzler
Hern, Kevin
Herrera Beutler
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hill (AR)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunter
Hurd (TX)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lesko
Long
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
Meadows
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (NC)
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pence
Perry
Posey
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reschenthaler
Rice (SC)
Riggleman
Roby
Rodgers (WA)
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rose, John W.
Rouzer
Roy
Rutherford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Shimkus
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spano
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Stivers
Taylor
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Waltz
Watkins
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Wright
Yoho
Young
Zeldin
NOT VOTING--28
Allred
Bishop (NC)
Collins (GA)
Curtis
Davis, Danny K.
Dingell
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gooden
Grijalva
Haaland
Keller
Kennedy
Lipinski
Loebsack
McEachin
Meng
Meuser
Peters
Pingree
Richmond
Rooney (FL)
Scalise
Sires
Stewart
Takano
Timmons
Upton
{time} 1857
Messrs. ROUZER and LOUDERMILK changed their vote from ``yea'' to
``nay.''
Mr. CROW, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mses. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ and CLARKE of New York changed their vote from ``nay'' to
``yea.''
So the motion to table was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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