October 21, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 166 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H8279-H8280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RAISING A QUESTION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. BIGGS. Madam 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:
  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-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; and
  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: Now, 
therefore, be it
  Resolved, That--
  (1) 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;
  (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the 
well of the House for the pronouncement of censure; and
  (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public 
reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would now recognize the gentleman 
from Arizona to offer the resolution just noticed.
  Does the gentleman offer the resolution?
  Mr. BIGGS. Yes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the resolution.
  The Clerk read the resolution as follows:

       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-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; and
       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: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) 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;
       (2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present 
     himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of 
     censure; and
       (3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the 
     public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution qualifies.


                            Motion to Table

  Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I have a motion at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       Mr. Hoyer moves that the resolution be laid on the table.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to table 
offered by the gentleman from Maryland.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  October 21, 2019, on page H8279, the following appeared: The 
question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: The question was 
taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.


 ========================= END NOTE ========================= 

  Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on the motion to table will be followed by 5-minute votes 
on motions to suspend the rules and pass:
  H.R. 4406; and
  H.R. 4407.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 218, 
nays 185, not voting 28, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 568]

                               YEAS--218

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Amash
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)

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     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (CA)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lewis
     Lieu, Ted
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--185

     Abraham
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunter
     Hurd (TX)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meadows
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Ratcliffe
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Turner
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--28

     Allred
     Bishop (NC)
     Collins (GA)
     Curtis
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dingell
     Gabbard
     Gaetz
     Gooden
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Keller
     Kennedy
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     McEachin
     Meng
     Meuser
     Peters
     Pingree
     Richmond
     Rooney (FL)
     Scalise
     Sires
     Stewart
     Takano
     Timmons
     Upton

                              {time}  1857

  Messrs. ROUZER and LOUDERMILK changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  Mr. CROW, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mses. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ and CLARKE of New York changed their vote from ``nay'' to 
``yea.''
  So the motion to table was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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