135 House Republicans co-sponsor resolution to censure Schiff over ‘parody’ reading of Trump-Zelensky call
A motion to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for his “parody” reading of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky during a hearing last month is gaining steam with House Republicans, as Fox News has learned 135 lawmakers have now signed on as co-sponsors.
The resolution to censure Schiff — who has become a favorite target of Republicans for his role in the Trump impeachment inquiry — was first introduced late last month by Rep. Andy Biggs, the Arizona Republican who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and has the support of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., among other ranking Republicans in the lower chamber of Congress.
Democrats have the majority and control the floor in the House, but Republicans could still attempt to force a vote on the matter.
“Schiff simply does not have the gravitas that a weighty procedure such as impeachment requires,” Biggs wrote in an opinion piece for Fox News. “He has repeatedly shown incredibly poor judgment. He has persistently and consistently demonstrated that he has such a tremendous bias and animus against Trump that he will say anything and accept any proffer of even bogus evidence to try to remove the president from office.”
ICYMI: 135 Members of Congress Now Support Rep. Biggs’ Motion to Condemn and Censure Chairman Adam Schiff
ICYMI: Last month, Congressman Andy Biggs introduced a motion to condemn and censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for his false retelling of the conversation between President Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky during a recent hearing on the whistleblower complaint.
The following House members are co-sponsors:
1. Kevin McCarthy
2. Steve Scalise
3. Liz Cheney
4. Tom Emmer
5. Mark Meadows
6. Jim Jordan
7. Matt Gaetz
8. Mark Walker
9. Elise Stefanik
10. Doug Collins
11. Mike Rogers
12. Steve Womack
13. Jim Sensenbrenner
14. Mike Johnson
15. Gary Palmer
16. Mark Green
17. Jeff Duncan
18. Mo Brooks
19. Scott Perry
20. Greg Steube
21. Guy Reschenthaler
22. Rick Crawford
23. Michael Burgess, M.D.
24. Paul Gosar
25. Bill Posey
26. Warren Davidson
27. Bob Gibbs
28. Jody Hice
29. Ralph Norman
30. Ron Wright
31. Louie Gohmert
32. Lance Gooden
33. Ralph Abraham
34. Jim Banks
35. Daniel Meuser
36. Bill Flores
37. Randy Weber
38. Tim Burchett
39. Dan Bishop
40. Daniel Webster
41. Michael Cloud
42. Doug Lamborn
43. Fred Keller
44. Brian Babin
45. Bradley Byrne
46. Bill Johnson
47. Larry Bucshon
48. Ted Budd
49. Steve King
50. Buddy Carter
51. Debbie Lesko
52. Scott DesJarlais
53. Chuck Fleischmann
54. Roger Marshall, M.D.
55. Drew Ferguson
56. Steven Palazzo
57. Bruce Westerman
58. Troy Balderson
59. Steve Watkins
60. Chris Stewart
61. Greg Murphy
62. Greg Gianforte
63. Ben Cline
64. Denver Riggleman
65. Mike Kelly
66. William Timmons
67. Don Bacon
68. Lee Zeldin
69. James Comer
70. Rick Allen
71. Roger Williams
72. John Joyce
73. Steve Stivers
74. Duncan Hunter
75. Kevin Hern
76. Jason Smith
77. Russ Fulcher
78. Paul Mitchell
79. John Rose
80. Ross Spano
81. John Rutherford
82. David McKinley
83. Kelly Armstrong
84. Brian Mast
85. Billy Long
86. David Schweikert
87. Jodey Arrington
88. Alex Mooney
89. David Rouzer
90. Ron Estes
91. Austin Scott
92. Richard Hudson
93. Barry Loudermilk
94. Chip Roy
95. Michael Waltz
96. Blaine Luetkemeyer
97. Vicky Hartzler
98. Jim Hagedorn
99. Scott Tipton
100. Lloyd Smucker
101. Pete Olson
102. Brad Wenstrup
103. Andy Harris
104. Adrian Smith
105. Anthony Gonzalez
106. Jack Bergman
107. John Carter
108. Darin LaHood
109. Mike Bost
110. Patrick McHenry
111. Tim Walberg
112. Clay Higgins
113. Kevin Brady
114. Neal Dunn
115. Sam Graves
116. Glenn Thompson
117. Ted Yoho
118. Dan Newhouse
119. Amata Radewagen
120. Gus Bilirakis
121. Rob Bishop
122. David Kustoff
123. Dan Crenshaw
124. Markwayne Mullin
125. Doug LaMalfa
126. Phil Roe
127. Virginia Foxx
128. Paul Cook
129. Trent Kelly
130. Tom Rice
131. Bill Huizenga
132. John Moolenaar
133. Jim Baird
134. Robert Aderholt
135. Kay Granger
From: Stefanski, Daniel <Daniel.Stefanski@mail.house.gov>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2019 1:27 PM
Subject: Congressman Andy Biggs Introduces Motion to Condemn and Censure Chairman Adam Schiff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 27, 2019
Congressman Andy Biggs Introduces Motion to Condemn and Censure Chairman Adam Schiff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Andy Biggs introduced a motion to condemn and censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff for his false retelling of the conversation between President Trump and Ukraine President Zelensky during yesterday’s hearing on the whistleblower complaint. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:
“During yesterday’s hearing, Chairman Schiff’s opening statement included a blatantly false retelling of President Trump’s conversation with the Ukrainian president. Democrats previously initiated an impeachment inquiry, which leads to one of the most serious, constitutional duties of Members of Congress: removal of the President of the United States. Through this process, if the President has committed high crimes or misdemeanors, Congress may overturn the election of the President and the will of the American people. It is therefore inexcusable to toy with the process and mislead the American public with such a statement.”
Read the text of the motion below:
H. Res. ___
Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional Distric
In the House of Representatives
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Mr. Biggs submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on _______________
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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 who he believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to damage the President of the United States politically;
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 gravely 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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