Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California's 28th Congressional District.

Bill: 116-hres-604
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2019-09-27
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: California

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

House of Representatives

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution censures and condemns Representative Adam Schiff of California for certain misleading conduct.</p>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 604 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2019 Mr. Biggs submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics RESOLUTION Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional District.

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; 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 two 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 who he believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to damage the President of the United States politically; Whereas, members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman, with 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

That— (1) the House of Representatives censures and condemns Representative Adam Schiff for conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House of Representatives; (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of censure; and (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.