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On the recordOctober 16, 2019
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: House Resolution 630. 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 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…
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