IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 64 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Representative 

Adam Schiff should not have access to classified information, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 26, 2023 

Mr. GAETZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

Representative Adam Schiff should not have access to 

classified information, and for other purposes. 

Whereas Representative Adam Schiff served as the Chairman 

of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from January 3rd, 2019, to January 3rd, 2023, 

and as the ranking minority member from January 3rd, 

2015, to January 3rd, 2019; 

Whereas, in December 2017, Representative Schiff falsely 

claimed ‘‘the Russians offered help, the campaign accepted help, the Russians gave help, and the president made 

full use of that help’’ when referring to unsubstantiated 

claims of collusion between former President Donald J. 

Trump and Russia during the 2016 election; 


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Whereas, in January 2019, Representative Schiff claimed 

there was ‘‘clear evidence on the issue of collusion’’ between the Trump campaign and Russia; 

Whereas on March 2019 every Republican Member of the 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence signed a letter stating that they had no confidence in Representative 

Schiff as Chairman; 

Whereas the principal conclusions of the Mueller Report determined there was no criminal collusion between the 

Trump Campaign and Russia; 

Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff contacted 

Twitter, asking the tech giant to take action against alleged harassers and spreaders of misinformation, including the removal of content created by State Department 

staffers such as quotes, retweets, and reactions to content 

that challenged Schiff’s baseless claims of Russian collusion within the Trump campaign; 

Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff’s office 

requested that Twitter ‘‘stop the spread of future misinformation on Twitter’’ regarding Committee staff and reduce the visibility of any content he disagreed with; 

Whereas Representative Schiff has proven himself 

untrustworthy by advancing falsities about former President of the United States Donald J. Trump, as relating 

to unfounded allegations of collusion with the Russian 

Federation and attempting to cover his abuse of discretions with legislation; and 

Whereas Representative Schiff can no longer be trusted by 

his colleagues in Congress or the American people: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Ex3 treme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses 

4 Resolution’’ or the ‘‘PENCIL Resolution’’. 

5 SEC. 2. SENSE OF HOUSE. 

6 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 

7 (1) Representative Adam Schiff should not have 

8 access to classified information; 

9 (2) Representative Adam Schiff should be in10 vestigated by the Committee on Ethics for potential 

11 collusion with rogue elements of the Department of 

12 Defense in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of 

13 former President Donald J. Trump; and 

14 (3) any comments made by Representative 

15 Adam Schiff during any proceeding of Congress re16 garding Russian collusion and the Trump campaign 

17 be officially struck from the record. 

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