Protecting Our Democracy Act
Floor Speech
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Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his leadership.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to oppose this insane piece of legislation House Democrats are proposing.
This bill is yet another further attempt by the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Adam Schiff, to retroactively attack President Trump, even after the Democrats' Russian collusion allegations have been repeatedly debunked.
I want to specifically bring attention to Title XIII of this ridiculous bill. This provision requires employees, officials, and agents of a Presidential campaign to report foreign national contact and/or contributions to the FEC and to the FBI. The FBI is then required to provide notice to the campaign and to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, or HPSCI, as we call it.
Sound familiar? The FBI would be required to work with HPSCI on counterintelligence investigations into political candidates. What could possibly go wrong?
This provision is designed to further the Democrat-led FBI scheme against Republican Presidential candidates, just as they did with President Trump.
Here's how it would work: First, if a foreign government contacts a Republican campaign, the Republican campaign, in compliance with the proposed law, reports the contact to the FBI. Then the FBI notifies HPSCI Democrats, and somehow the media miraculously finds out about it and runs story after story about the Republican campaign colluding with the foreign government.
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Mr. CRAWFORD. Lather, rinse, repeat. I am not sure if anyone has told Chairman Schiff and House Democrats yet, but Donald Trump is, unfortunately, no longer President. Time to stop living in the past.
The clear intent of this bill is to weaponize the Federal Government bureaucracy against Republican candidates. If this legislation becomes law, Madam Speaker, don't be surprised if we see Russian hoaxes every 2 years.
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from the great State of Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the distinguished chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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