H. Res. 521 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

June 21, 2023. 

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 
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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 
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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. 

Attest: 

Clerk.