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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 306 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congressman 

Adam Schiff should be removed from the Permanent Select Committee 

on Intelligence of the House and that his security clearance should 

be revoked immediately. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2019 

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

Committee on Ethics 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

Congressman Adam Schiff should be removed from the 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House and that his security clearance should be revoked 

immediately. 

Whereas Congressman Adam Schiff is the Chairman of the 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives; 

Whereas, by virtue of this Chairmanship, Congressman Schiff 

is a member of the ‘‘Gang of Eight’’, a group of eight 

members of Congress who access, review, and analyze 

America’s most sensitive intelligence, including covert actions, as set forth in section 503(c)(2) of the National 

Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)); 


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Whereas, because not all members of Congress can access, review, and analyze all intelligence presented to the Gang 

of Eight, each member must be able to rely upon the 

judgment, integrity, and truthfulness of each member of 

the Gang of Eight to serve Congress’s overall decisionmaking functions; 

Whereas Gang of Eight members must be credible when 

sharing their reactions to America’s most sensitive intelligence information; 

Whereas Congressman Schiff can no longer be trusted by his 

colleagues in Congress or the American people; 

Whereas every Republican member of the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence has signed a letter stating that 

they have no confidence in Congressman Schiff as Chairman; 

Whereas Congressman Schiff has repeatedly slandered President Donald J. Trump by falsely claiming he colluded 

with Russia to win the presidency; 

Whereas, in March 2017, Congressman Schiff falsely claimed 

the Trump campaign accepted help from the Russian 

government to win the presidency; 

Whereas, in December 2017, Congressman 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 President Donald J. Trump 

and Russia; 

Whereas, in January 2019, Congressman Schiff claimed 

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


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Whereas, in February 2019, Congressman Schiff claimed 

there was ‘‘ample evidence of collusion of the campaign’’ 

colluding with Russia; 

Whereas Congressman Schiff said in April 2019 he does not 

regret calling out President Donald J. Trump over baseless and disproved allegations of collusion with Russia; 

Whereas the principle conclusions of the Mueller Report determined there was no collusion between the Trump 

Campaign and Russia; 

Whereas Congressman Schiff continues to claim there is 

‘‘ample’’ evidence of Trump-Russia collusion ‘‘in plain 

sight’’ without offering any evidence to prove his claims; 

Whereas Congressman Schiff has demonstrated a blatant bias 

in the performance of his official duties as Chairman of 

the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and 

Whereas Congressman Schiff has proven himself 

untrustworthy by advancing falsities about the President 

of the United States, Donald J. Trump, as relating to 

unfounded allegations of collusion with the Russian Federation: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Ex4 treme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses 

5 Resolution’’ or the ‘‘PENCIL Resolution’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

7 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that 

8 Congressman Adam Schiff should be removed from the 

9 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 


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1 and that his security clearance should be revoked imme2 diately. 

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