Adam Schiff actually said...
if in a matter within the jurisdiction of the director of national intelligence, you have an employee of that community or contractor or detailee who follows the law and makes a complaint, and it is possible for the subject of that complaint to essentially quash the complaint or keep it from Congress, then this system is badly broken.
Context
Adam Schiff discusses the implications of the whistleblower complaint being blocked from Congress.
09/18/2019