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House Calendar No. 35 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 203 
[Report No. 115–83] 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney General, 
to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representa-
tives relating to certain communications by the President of the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2017 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
SPEIER, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. SWALWELL of California) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judici-
ary 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. 
COHEN 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and 
ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attor-
ney General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents 
to the House of Representatives relating to certain com-
munications by the President of the United States. 
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Resolved, That the President is requested, and the At-
torney General of the United States is directed, to trans-
mit, respectively (in a manner appropriate to classified in-
formation, if the President or the Attorney General deter-
mines appropriate), to the House of Representatives, not 
later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this 
resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, cor-
respondence, or other communication in their possessions, 
or any portion of any such communication, that refers or 
relates to the following: 
(1) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, 
communicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 
3:35 a.m.: ‘‘Terrible! Just found out that Obama 
had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before 
the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism.’’. 
(2)
President
Trump’s
statement,
commu-
nicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:49 a.m.: 
‘‘Is it legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tap-
ping’ a race for president prior to an election? 
Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!’’. 
(3)
President
Trump’s
statement,
commu-
nicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:52 a.m.: 
‘‘I’d bet a good lawyer could make a great case out 
of the fact that President Obama was tapping my 
phones in October, just prior to Election!’’. 
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(4)
President
Trump’s
statement,
commu-
nicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 4:02 a.m.: 
‘‘How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] 
my phones during the very sacred election process. 
This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!’’. 
That the President is requested, and the Attorney General 
of the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively 
(in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the 
President or the Attorney General determines appropriate), 
to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any 
document, record, memo, correspondence, or other commu-
nication in their possessions, or any portion of any such 
communication, that refers or relates to the following: 
(1) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, 
communicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:35 
a.m.: ‘‘Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 
‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the vic-
tory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!’’; 
(2) President Trump’s statement, communicated 
via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:49 a.m.: ‘‘Is it 
legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tapping’ a 
race for president prior to an election? Turned down 
by court earlier. A NEW LOW!’’; 
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(3) President Trump’s statement, communicated 
via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:52 a.m.: ‘‘I’d bet 
a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact 
that President Obama was tapping my phones in Oc-
tober, just prior to Election!’’; or 
(4) President Trump’s statement, communicated 
via Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 4:02 a.m.: ‘‘How 
low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my 
phones during the very sacred election process. This 
is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!’’. 
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House Calendar No. 35 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 203 
[Report No. 115–83] 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing 
the Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, 
certain documents to the House of Representa-
tives relating to certain communications by the 
President of the United States. 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 
House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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