PENCIL Resolution

Preventing Extreme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses Resolution or the PENCIL Resolution

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Representative Adam Schiff should not have access to classified information and should be investigated by the Committee on Ethics for actions taken in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of former President Donald Trump. The resolution further expresses the sense that comments made by Representative Adam Schiff during any congressional proceeding that addressed collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign should be struck from the record.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 64 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 64

       Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
    Representative Adam Schiff should not have access to classified 
                  information, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2023

Mr. Gaetz submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                          Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
    Representative Adam Schiff should not have access to classified 
                  information, and for other purposes.

Whereas Representative Adam Schiff served as the Chairman of the House Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence from January 3rd, 2019, to January 3rd, 
        2023, and as the ranking minority member from January 3rd, 2015, to 
        January 3rd, 2019;
Whereas, in December 2017, Representative Schiff falsely claimed ``the Russians 
        offered help, the campaign accepted help, the Russians gave help, and 
        the president made full use of that help'' when referring to 
        unsubstantiated claims of collusion between former President Donald J. 
        Trump and Russia during the 2016 election;
Whereas, in January 2019, Representative Schiff claimed there was ``clear 
        evidence on the issue of collusion'' between the Trump campaign and 
        Russia;
Whereas on March 2019 every Republican Member of the Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence signed a letter stating that they had no confidence in 
        Representative Schiff as Chairman;
Whereas the principal conclusions of the Mueller Report determined there was no 
        criminal collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia;
Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff contacted Twitter, asking the 
        tech giant to take action against alleged harassers and spreaders of 
        misinformation, including the removal of content created by State 
        Department staffers such as quotes, retweets, and reactions to content 
        that challenged Schiff's baseless claims of Russian collusion within the 
        Trump campaign;
Whereas, in November 2020, Representative Schiff's office requested that Twitter 
        ``stop the spread of future misinformation on Twitter'' regarding 
        Committee staff and reduce the visibility of any content he disagreed 
        with;
Whereas Representative Schiff has proven himself untrustworthy by advancing 
        falsities about former President of the United States Donald J. Trump, 
        as relating to unfounded allegations of collusion with the Russian 
        Federation and attempting to cover his abuse of discretions with 
        legislation; and
Whereas Representative Schiff can no longer be trusted by his colleagues in 
        Congress or the American people: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Preventing Extreme Negligence 
with Classified Information Licenses Resolution'' or the ``PENCIL 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF HOUSE.

    It is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
            (1) Representative Adam Schiff should not have access to 
        classified information;
            (2) Representative Adam Schiff should be investigated by 
        the Committee on Ethics for potential collusion with rogue 
        elements of the Department of Defense in an attempt to tarnish 
        the reputation of former President Donald J. Trump; and
            (3) any comments made by Representative Adam Schiff during 
        any proceeding of Congress regarding Russian collusion and the 
        Trump campaign be officially struck from the record.
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