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House Calendar No. 35 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 203 

[Report No. 115–83] 

Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney General, 

to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of the United 

States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2017 

Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 

SPEIER, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. SWALWELL of California) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

APRIL 6, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. 

COHEN

APRIL 6, 2017 

Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and 

ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents 

to the House of Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of the United States. 

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•HRES 203 RH 

1 Resolved, That the President is requested, and the At2 torney General of the United States is directed, to trans3 mit, respectively (in a manner appropriate to classified in4 formation, if the President or the Attorney General deter5 mines appropriate), to the House of Representatives, not 

6 later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this 

7 resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, cor8 respondence, or other communication in their possessions, 

9 or any portion of any such communication, that refers or 

10 relates to the following: 

11 (1) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, 

12 communicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 

13 3:35 a.m.: ‘‘Terrible! Just found out that Obama 

14 had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before 

15 the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism.’’. 

16 (2) President Trump’s statement, commu17 nicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:49 a.m.: 

18 ‘‘Is it legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tap19 ping’ a race for president prior to an election? 

20 Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!’’. 

21 (3) President Trump’s statement, commu22 nicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:52 a.m.: 

23 ‘‘I’d bet a good lawyer could make a great case out 

24 of the fact that President Obama was tapping my 

25 phones in October, just prior to Election!’’. 

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•HRES 203 RH 

1 (4) President Trump’s statement, commu2 nicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 4:02 a.m.: 

3 ‘‘How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] 

4 my phones during the very sacred election process. 

5 This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!’’. 

6 That the President is requested, and the Attorney General 

7 of the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively 

8 (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the 

9 President or the Attorney General determines appropriate), 

10 to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after 

11 the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any 

12 document, record, memo, correspondence, or other commu13 nication in their possessions, or any portion of any such 

14 communication, that refers or relates to the following: 

15 (1) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, 

16 communicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:35 

17 a.m.: ‘‘Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 

18 ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the vic19 tory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!’’; 

20 (2) President Trump’s statement, communicated 

21 via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:49 a.m.: ‘‘Is it 

22 legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tapping’ a 

23 race for president prior to an election? Turned down 

24 by court earlier. A NEW LOW!’’; 

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•HRES 203 RH 

1 (3) President Trump’s statement, communicated 

2 via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:52 a.m.: ‘‘I’d bet 

3 a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact 

4 that President Obama was tapping my phones in Oc5 tober, just prior to Election!’’; or 

6 (4) President Trump’s statement, communicated 

7 via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 4:02 a.m.: ‘‘How 

8 low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my 

9 phones during the very sacred election process. This 

10 is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!’’. 

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House Calendar No. 35 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 203 

[Report No. 115–83] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing 

President of the United States. tives relating to certain communications by the certain documents to the House of Representathe Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, 

APRIL 6, 2017 

Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 

House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 

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