PENCIL Resolution

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; VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:27 Jan 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR64.IH HR64 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 64 IH Whereas, in January 2019, Representative Schiff claimed there was ‘‘clear evidence on the issue of collusion’’ be- tween the Trump campaign and Russia; Whereas on March 2019 every Republican Member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence signed a let- ter stating that they had no confidence in Representative Schiff as Chairman; Whereas the principal conclusions of the Mueller Report de- termined there was no criminal collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia; Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff contacted Twitter, asking the tech giant to take action against al- leged harassers and spreaders of misinformation, includ- ing the removal of content created by State Department staffers such as quotes, retweets, and reactions to content that challenged Schiff’s baseless claims of Russian collu- sion within the Trump campaign; Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff’s office requested that Twitter ‘‘stop the spread of future misin- formation on Twitter’’ regarding Committee staff and re- duce the visibility of any content he disagreed with; Whereas Representative Schiff has proven himself untrustworthy by advancing falsities about former Presi- dent of the United States Donald J. Trump, as relating to unfounded allegations of collusion with the Russian Federation and attempting to cover his abuse of discre- tions with legislation; and Whereas Representative Schiff can no longer be trusted by his colleagues in Congress or the American people: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, 1 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:27 Jan 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR64.IH HR64 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 64 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Ex- 2 treme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses 3 Resolution’’ or the ‘‘PENCIL Resolution’’. 4 SEC. 2. SENSE OF HOUSE. 5 It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— 6 (1) Representative Adam Schiff should not have 7 access to classified information; 8 (2) Representative Adam Schiff should be in- 9 vestigated by the Committee on Ethics for potential 10 collusion with rogue elements of the Department of 11 Defense in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of 12 former President Donald J. Trump; and 13 (3) any comments made by Representative 14 Adam Schiff during any proceeding of Congress re- 15 garding Russian collusion and the Trump campaign 16 be officially struck from the record. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:27 Jan 27, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR64.IH HR64 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB