Raising A Question of the Privileges of the House

Floor Speech

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Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, I proudly stand with Congresswoman Luna to back this censure of a man that has been long overdue. I am glad the galleries are now open where people can see firsthand that you cannot get up in front of Congress or the American people and completely deny the truth and continue to spread falsehoods.

There is no TV that could have been turned on over the last couple of years when you didn't see Adam Schiff being questioned: Where is your evidence on the Russia collusion? Where is it?

He couldn't answer it. It was always coming.

He used his position on the Intel Committee--and for those of you who are listening, it is information we don't get as regular Congresspeople. He used his position on the Intel Committee to spread continuous lies with no facts. How did he do that?

He had access not only to the most sensitive information, he also did not share the access or facts that backed what he was saying. The trusted and sensitive position was abused by Congressman Schiff to weave purposeful falsehoods around the Russia collusion.

The Mueller report and the Durham report make clear that the foundations of his investigations were bogus. It showed that the Director of National Intelligence, a former Obama Attorney General, former Deputy Attorney General, and the FBI Director, among others, all told his committee there was no direct evidence of criminal conspiracy. Yet, he kept making the statements that his evidence was coming, and it just never did.

Not only did he spread falsehoods that abused his power, he went after a man, Carter Page, who was completely innocent. Inspector General Horowitz found 17 major mistakes.

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Mr. NORMAN. Inspector General Horowitz later found 17 major mistakes and omissions, which provoked the FISA court presiding judge, Rosemary Collyer, to state unequivocally that the FBI misled FISA.

The public smearing of Carter Page as a Russian collaborator, and justification of spurious investigations of him were carried out with Representative Schiff's contribution. This is a violation of American civil liberties, and it is the very abuse that should not be warranted in Congress.

All this to spend $32 million on an investigation that went nowhere. It is an insult to the American people. The American people deserve better.

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate Congresswoman Luna bringing this up. Words have actions. Just because they continue to say it, does not make it true. That is the case of what Adam Schiff has done.

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