[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mrs. LUNA. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I seek 
recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a question of 
privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  H. Res. 521, 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 that 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, 
providing 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 people and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the 
House of Representatives;
  (2) Representative Schiff shall forthwith present himself to 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 abuse 
of sensitive information.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader 
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence 
only at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after 
the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentlewoman from Florida will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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