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) sub-
mitted 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 elec-
tion has been revealed as false by numerous in-depth in-
vestigations, including the recent report by Special Coun-
sel 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 Rep-
resentatives (HPSCI), occupied positions of extreme 
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trust, affording him access to sensitive intelligence un-
available 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 Jus-
tice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, and Special 
Counsel Durham—does not exist; 
Whereas, by repeatedly telling these falsehoods, Representa-
tive 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 col-
laborator and justifying spurious investigations of him, 
Representative Schiff contributed to the gross violation of 
a United States citizen’s civil liberties, thereby commit-
ting 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 dishonor-
ably on many other occasions, including by falsely deny-
ing 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 in-
vestigations of Americans for political purposes; 
Whereas Representative Schiff used his position and access to 
sensitive information to instigate a fraudulently based in-
vestigation, 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 informa-
tion, he should be fined in the amount of $16,000,000: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives censures and 
condemns Adam Schiff, Representative of Califor-
nia’s 30th Congressional District, for conduct that 
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