IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 64 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Representative 
Adam Schiff should not have access to classified information, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2023 
Mr. GAETZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ethics 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Representative Adam Schiff should not have access to 
classified information, and for other purposes. 
Whereas Representative Adam Schiff served as the Chairman 
of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence from January 3rd, 2019, to January 3rd, 2023, 
and as the ranking minority member from January 3rd, 
2015, to January 3rd, 2019; 
Whereas, in December 2017, Representative Schiff falsely 
claimed ‘‘the Russians offered help, the campaign accept-
ed help, the Russians gave help, and the president made 
full use of that help’’ when referring to unsubstantiated 
claims of collusion between former President Donald J. 
Trump and Russia during the 2016 election; 
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•HRES 64 IH 
Whereas, in January 2019, Representative Schiff claimed 
there was ‘‘clear evidence on the issue of collusion’’ be-
tween the Trump campaign and Russia; 
Whereas on March 2019 every Republican Member of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence signed a let-
ter stating that they had no confidence in Representative 
Schiff as Chairman; 
Whereas the principal conclusions of the Mueller Report de-
termined there was no criminal collusion between the 
Trump Campaign and Russia; 
Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff contacted 
Twitter, asking the tech giant to take action against al-
leged harassers and spreaders of misinformation, includ-
ing the removal of content created by State Department 
staffers such as quotes, retweets, and reactions to content 
that challenged Schiff’s baseless claims of Russian collu-
sion within the Trump campaign; 
Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff’s office 
requested that Twitter ‘‘stop the spread of future misin-
formation on Twitter’’ regarding Committee staff and re-
duce the visibility of any content he disagreed with; 
Whereas 
Representative 
Schiff 
has 
proven 
himself 
untrustworthy by advancing falsities about former Presi-
dent of the United States Donald J. Trump, as relating 
to unfounded allegations of collusion with the Russian 
Federation and attempting to cover his abuse of discre-
tions with legislation; and 
Whereas Representative Schiff can no longer be trusted by 
his colleagues in Congress or the American people: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, 
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•HRES 64 IH 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Ex-
treme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses 
Resolution’’ or the ‘‘PENCIL Resolution’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF HOUSE. 
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 
(1) Representative Adam Schiff should not have 
access to classified information; 
(2) Representative Adam Schiff should be in-
vestigated by the Committee on Ethics for potential 
collusion with rogue elements of the Department of 
Defense in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of 
former President Donald J. Trump; and 
(3) any comments made by Representative 
Adam Schiff during any proceeding of Congress re-
garding Russian collusion and the Trump campaign 
be officially struck from the record. 
Æ 
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