Raising a question of the privileges of the House.

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 whistle- blower complaint of August 12, 2019; Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the whistle- blower complaint, House Intelligence Committee Chair- man Adam Schiff purported to relay the content of the phone call to the American people; Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available tran- script, 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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Oct 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR647.LTH HR647 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 647 LTH Whereas these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the Amer- ican people, bring disrepute upon the House of Rep- resentatives, 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 Rus- sian comedians whom he believed to be Ukrainian offi- cials 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 com- plaint to Chairman Schiff; Whereas Chairman Schiff concealed his dealings with the whistleblower from the rest of the Intelligence Com- mittee, 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 spo- ken directly with the whistleblower.’’; Whereas members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman, with VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Oct 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR647.LTH HR647 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 647 LTH 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 In- telligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities of the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That— 1 (1) the House of Representatives censures and 2 condemns Representative Adam Schiff for conduct 3 that misleads the American people in a way that is 4 not befitting an elected Member of the House of 5 Representatives; 6 (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith 7 present himself in the well of the House for the pro- 8 nouncement of censure; and 9 (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be cen- 10 sured with the public reading of this resolution by 11 the Speaker. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:47 Oct 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR647.LTH HR647 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS