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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 521 

Censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congressional District 

of California. 

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 

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 poVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR521.IH HR521

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sitions 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 beVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:11 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR521.IH HR521

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tween 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 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives censures 

3 Adam Schiff, Representative of the 30th Congres4 sional District of California, for misleading the 

5 American public and for conduct unbecoming of an 

6 elected Member of the House of Representatives; 

7 (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith 

8 present himself in the well of the House of Rep9 resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; 

10 (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be cen11 sured with the public reading of this resolution by 

12 the Speaker; and 

13 (4) the Committee on Ethics shall conduct an 

14 investigation into Representative Adam Schiff’s 


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1 falsehoods, misrepresentations, and abuses of sen2 sitive information. 

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