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Adam Schiff

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Adam Bennett Schiff is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has played a significant role in various legislative efforts and is known for his work on national security and intelligence issues. He served as the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, where he was involved in high-profile investigations and oversight of intelligence agencies.

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Jul 12, 2018

Might I inquire of the gentleman whether he has any further speakers?

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Jul 12, 2018

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck), someone who we have come to rely on in our committee in a great many areas, but, in particular, the threat posed by foreign actors investing in American…

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Jul 12, 2018

It gives me great pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Carson). He is the ranking member on the Emerging Threats Subcommittee and brings a wealth of experience in homeland security to the Congress.

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Jul 12, 2018

It was almost exactly 2 years ago, as Donald Trump closed in on the Republican nomination, that the Russians began weaponizing stolen emails it had acquired some time earlier. This disclosure of stolen emails was only one vector of the…

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Jul 12, 2018

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I am proud to support the amendment offered by Representatives Schneider, Meadows, Torres, and Sinema. Mr. Chair, it is imperative that our Intelligence, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs…

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Jul 12, 2018

I thank my colleague for yielding, and I rise in support of the amendment offered by the Representatives from New York, Rice and King. This amendment requires that the Director of National Intelligence, with the Department of the Treasury…

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Jul 12, 2018

I thank the gentleman for yielding. One hundred years ago, the great influenza pandemic, often called the Spanish flu, caused about 50 million deaths worldwide, between 3 to 6 percent of the global population, and far more than the deaths…

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Jul 12, 2018

I urge passage of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jul 10, 2018

The failure of House Republicans to take strong and swift action in the face of Russia's assault on our democracy is beneath the dignity of this oath.

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Jul 9, 2018

I think that is something that every senator needs to think about during any confirmation process.

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Jul 9, 2018

I do believe that there is only one guiding ideology philosophy, rule of law or rule of thumb for this President, and that is self. He changes his policy positions five times a day. He has no devotion to anything that conservative view…

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Jun 28, 2018

Wake up, my colleagues. True oversight, when the President occupies the same party as the majority in Congress, requires that majority to put country over party. It is incompatible with the corrupting principle of party over everything…

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Jun 6, 2018

The purpose is to do everything possible to support the President's legal defense team. Giuliani has acknowledged as much.

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May 23, 2018

There is no evidence to support any allegation that the FBI or any intelligence agency placed a spy in the Trump campaign or otherwise failed to follow appropriate procedures and protocols.

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May 8, 2018

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 169. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Conaway). The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it…

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Apr 26, 2018

On Tuesday, the world marked the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the systematic murder of 1.5 million Armenians and the displacement of millions more in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. In my district in Los Angeles, I…

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Apr 26, 2018

We sought to find out, is that blocked number, Donald Trump's blocked number, because we found out during the investigation that Donald Trump used a blocked number during the campaign. We asked to subpoena the phone records so we could…

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Apr 4, 2018

There were a range of topics that Lewandowski could shed light on but refused to do so including the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

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Mar 20, 2018

The leader of the free world doesn't call up, you know, a dictator and congratulate him on winning a sham election.

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Mar 20, 2018

The President has been unwilling to do this.

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Mar 20, 2018

The constitutional referendum that they passed was to clamp down on opposition, was to consolidate authoritarian power.

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Mar 11, 2018

the GOP committee members, in his words, 'placed the interest of protecting the President over protecting the country and history will judge its actions harshly.'

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Mar 11, 2018

The history is going to judge the Republicans very harshly for their decision to essentially cede oversight on this key issue.

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Mar 4, 2018

Well, we'd certainly like to know the basis in which he makes that statement. There certainly were comments by the President about you're going to learn something on Monday about Hillary Clinton. We're share something you'll find very…

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