Rep. Biggs Garners Support Of 173 Co-Sponsors To Censure Schiff
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will vote tonight on a resolution to “condemn and censure” House Intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) for spreading a “false” narrative about a phone call with President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky. The bill, introduced Wednesday by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), has garnered the support of 173 cosponsors.
Censure (at least) Corrupt Adam Schiff! After what he got caught doing, any pol who does not so vote cannot be honest….are you listening Dems?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2019
President Trump weighed in on Twitter ahead of today’s vote. “Censure (at least) Corrupt Adam Schiff! After what he got caught doing, any pol who does not so vote cannot be honest… are you listening Dems,” Trump wrote.
I urge ALL of my colleagues to support my motion to condemn and censure Adam Schiff. pic.twitter.com/mlUIhgLft7
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) October 16, 2019
The motion highlights several instances where Schiff ‘lied to the American public.” During an earlier committee hearing, Schiff read a phony transcript of the call between President Trump and President Zelensky selling it as truth only later revealing it as “parody.” Further, Schiff “concealed his dealings with the whistleblower” after members of his staff previously met with the whistleblower. The bill also seeks to condemn Schiff for continuing to promote President Trump’s now-debunked collusion with Russia in the 2016 election.
Read the full bill below:
H. Res. ___
Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional District
In the House of Representatives
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Mr. Biggs submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on ________________________________________
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 whom he believed to be Ukrainian officials 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 complaint to Chairman Schiff;
Whereas Chairman Schiff concealed his dealings with the whistleblower from the rest of the Intelligence Committee 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 spoken directly with the whistleblower.”
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;
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.
Resolved, That—
- 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;
- Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of censure; and
- Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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