IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 489 

Censuring and condemning Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 30th 

Congressional District. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 9, 2023 

Mrs. LUNA (for herself, Mr. GAETZ, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, 

Mr. HERN, Mr. BURLISON, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 

LANGWORTHY, Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, and Mr. LUTTRELL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring and condemning Adam Schiff, Representative of 

California’s 30th Congressional District. 

Whereas the allegation that President Donald Trump 

colluded with Russia to steal 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 (HPSCI), occupied positions of extreme 


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trust, affording him access to sensitive intelligence unavailable to most Members of Congress; 

Whereas for years Representative Schiff abused this trust by 

citing 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—does not exist; 

Whereas, by repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representative Schiff purposely deceived his Committee, Congress, 

and the American people; 

Whereas Representative Schiff lent credibility to the Steele 

dossier—a collection of debunked collusion accusations 

funded by President Trump’s political rivals—by reading 

false Steele allegations into the Congressional Record at 

a HPSCI hearing on March 20, 2017; 

Whereas once again abusing his privileged access to classified 

information, Representative Schiff composed a false 

memo justifying the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 

(FISA) warrant application on Trump associate Carter 

Page, which Inspector General Horowitz later found was 

riddled with 17 major mistakes and omissions, provoking 

FISA Court Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer to state 

unequivocally that the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

‘‘mislead the FISC’’; 

Whereas, by publicly smearing Carter Page as a Russian collaborator and justifying spurious investigations of him, 

Representative Schiff contributed to the gross violation of 

a United States citizen’s civil liberties, thereby committing the very abuses HPSCI is tasked with identifying 

and thwarting; 


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Whereas as HPSCI ranking minority member and Chairman, 

Representative Schiff behaved dishonestly and dishonorably on many other occasions, including by falsely denying that his staff coordinated with a whistleblower to 

launch the first impeachment of President Trump; 

Whereas as part of his impeachment efforts, during an 

HPSCI hearing on September 26, 2019, Representative 

Schiff recited a false, concocted rendition of a phone call 

between President Trump and Ukrainian President 

Volodymyr Zelensky; 

Whereas Representative Schiff exploited his positions on 

HPSCI to encourage and excuse abusive intelligence investigations of Americans for political purposes; 

Whereas Representative Schiff used his position and access to 

sensitive information to instigate a fraudulently based investigation, which he then used to amass political gain 

and fundraising dollars; 

Whereas the American taxpayers paid $32 million to fund the 

investigation into collusion that was launched as a result 

of Representative Schiff’s lies, misrepresentations, and 

abuses of sensitive information; and 

Whereas if it is determined by an investigation conducted by 

the Committee on Ethics that Representative Schiff lied, 

made misrepresentations, and abused sensitive information, he should be fined in the amount of $16,000,000: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives censures and 

3 condemns Adam Schiff, Representative of Califor4 nia’s 30th Congressional District, for conduct that 


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1 misleads the American people in a way that is not 

2 befitting an elected Member of the House of Rep3 resentatives; 

4 (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith 

5 present himself in the well of the House of Rep6 resentatives for the pronouncement of censure; 

7 (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be cen8 sured with the public reading of this resolution by 

9 the Speaker; and 

10 (4) the Committee on Ethics shall conduct an 

11 investigation into Representative Adam Schiff’s lies, 

12 misrepresentations, and abuses of sensitive informa13 tion. 

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