IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 647 

Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2019 

Mr. BIGGS submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the table 

RESOLUTION 

Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 

Whereas President Trump released the transcript of a call 

between him and the President of Ukraine; 

Whereas President Trump subsequently released the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019; 

Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower complaint, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff purported to relay the content of the 

phone call to the American people; 

Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available transcript, Chairman Schiff manufactured a false retelling of 

the conversation between President Trump and President 

Zelensky; 

Whereas this egregiously false and fabricated retelling had no 

relationship to the call itself; 


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Whereas these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the American people, bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment 

process, one of this chamber’s most solemn constitutional 

duties; 

Whereas, for more than 2 years, Chairman Schiff has spread 

false accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with 

Russia; 

Whereas, on March 20, 2017, then-Ranking Member Schiff 

read out false allegations from the Steele dossier accusing 

numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia; 

Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff falsely claimed in a 

March 2017 interview to have ‘‘more than circumstantial 

evidence’’ of collusion with Russia; 

Whereas then-Ranking Member Schiff negotiated with Russian comedians whom he believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to damage the President of the 

United States politically; 

Whereas, according to a New York Times article on October 

2, 2019, Chairman Schiff’s committee staff met with the 

whistleblower prior to the filing of his complaint, and 

staff members communicated the content of the complaint to Chairman Schiff; 

Whereas Chairman Schiff concealed his dealings with the 

whistleblower from the rest of the Intelligence Committee, and when asked directly in a television interview 

whether he had any contact with the whistleblower, he 

lied to the American people and said, ‘‘We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower.’’; 

Whereas members of the Intelligence Committee have lost 

faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman, with 


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every Republican member on the Committee having 

signed a letter calling for his immediate resignation as 

Chairman; and 

Whereas Chairman Schiff has hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities 

of the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of 

our national security: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives censures and 

3 condemns Representative Adam Schiff for conduct 

4 that misleads the American people in a way that is 

5 not befitting an elected Member of the House of 

6 Representatives; 

7 (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith 

8 present himself in the well of the House for the pro9 nouncement of censure; and 

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

12 the Speaker. 

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