Rep. Adam Schiff

Washington, DC , March 14, 2019 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, spoke on the House Floor in support of H. Con. Res. 24, legislation urging the public release of Special Counsel Mueller’s report and underlying evidence. The text of the speech is below: “I thank the gentleman […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 26, 2019 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, delivered the following opening statement at the committee’s open hearing on the rise of authoritarianism around the world, autocratic regimes and their practices, the decline in democratic governance and faith in liberal democracy, and the threat these trends […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019—The chairmen of three national-security committees in the House of Representatives have called on President Trump to stop withholding critical information from Congress regarding the Administration’s ongoing negotiations with North Korea. In a letter to the President, Chairmen Eliot L. Engel of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Adam Smith of the […]

Washington, DC, Feb. 19, 2019 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released the following statement after Chairman Elijah Cummings issued an interim staff report after multiple whistleblowers came forward to warn about efforts inside the White House to rush the transfer of highly sensitive U.S. nuclear technology to […]

WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 6, 2019 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement following the Committee’s organizational meeting: “Consistent with its jurisdiction, investigative responsibilities, and building on substantial work undertaken during the last Congress, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (“Committee”) will […]

Washington, DC, Jan. 25, 2019 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “The indictment of Roger Stone, released today by the Special Counsel, provides new and important detail about the Trump campaign’s effort to acquire dirt on Hillary Clinton, which Wikileaks possessed […]

Washington, DC, Nov. 7, 2018 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “The firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions places the Special Counsel’s investigation in new and immediate peril. It is abundantly clear that Sessions was forced out for following the advice […]

Washington, D.C. Oct. 9, 2018 – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Department of Homeland Security, and National Counterterrorism Center requesting information and answers to questions following public reports describing a concerted effort by […]

Washington, DC, Sept. 28, 2018 – Today, after the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) voted to send fifty-three transcripts to the Director of National Intelligence for classification review and eventual release, HPSCI Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the following statement: “For the last six months, we have urged the Chairman and Majority […]

Washington, DC, July 22, 2018 – Last night, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “These documents affirm that our nation faced a profound counterintelligence threat prior to the 2016 election, and the Department of Justice and FBI took appropriate steps to investigate […]

Washington, DC, March 23, 2018  – Yesterday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released his opening statement for the Committee’s business meeting on adoption of the Majority’s investigative report on the Russian active measures campaign during the 2016 election. The statement, as prepared, is below: Mr. […]

WASHINGTON, DC, March 19, 2018 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Christopher Wylie through his attorney inviting him to testify as part of the Minority’s ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election after news reports in the Guardian, […]

WASHINGTON, DC, March 13, 2018 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released a status update to inform the American public about key lines of inquiry that still require investigation, witnesses that should be called or subpoenaed, and documents that need to be requested as part […]

Washington, DC, March 12, 2018 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “Today, the House Majority has announced it is terminating the Russia investigation, leaving to others the important work of determining the full extent of Russian interference in our election, […]

Washington, DC, Feb. 2, 2018 – Today, the Minority of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence responded to the release of HPSCI Chairman Nunes’ memo: “Chairman Nunes’ decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and […]

Washington, DC January 31, 2018 – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a follow up letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after the companies provided an incomplete response to their initial questions about […]