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Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Today's Senate Testimony of Sally Yates and James Clapper

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Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “Today’s testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee by Sally Yates, former Acting Attorney General and a career prosecutor in the Department of Justice, filled in some of the remaining blanks in the troubling saga of former…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Reported Hacking of Macron's Campaign

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Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "In our election, and because of the decentralization of our voting system, my gravest fear was not that the Russians would hack the actual voting machines. Most were not online and many have paper trails. Nonetheless, I…

Conaway, Schiff Issue Joint Statement on Closed Hearing with Comey, Rogers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a closed hearing with FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers. Reps. Mike Conaway (R-TX) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) released this statement following the hearing:  “Today's hearing provided our committee members with a valuable opportunity to ask follow…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Director Comey's Testimony

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Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "Director Comey testified that his choice was to 'conceal or speak' about the Clinton investigation in the latter two weeks of the campaign. This highly-loaded description meant to justify the decision he made in the waning days…

Intel Ranking Member Schiff Statement on NSA Announcement

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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "Section 702 is a vital collection tool, which Congress and the courts must continue to vigorously oversee. NSA has appropriately self-reported any issues they have had complying with the orders of the FISA Court. NSA's…

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Sends Letters Inviting Testimony of Comey, Rogers, Brennan, Clapper and Yates

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent two letters related to its investigation into Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign. The first letter was sent to FBI Director James Comey and Director of the National Security Agency Admiral Mike Rogers, inviting them to appear at a closed hearing on May 2, 2017. The second…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on North Korea

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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “The President's efforts to increase pressure on China to rein in North Korea's nuclear and missile programs are both prudent and justified.  Any excessive saber rattling against the regime of the North's young hothead, on the…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Chairman Nunes’ Recusal from Russia Investigation

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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee, released the following statement:  “Today, Chairman Nunes announced that he will be stepping aside from the Russia investigation and passing the reins to Representative Mike Conaway.  I know this was not an easy decision for the Chairman, with whom I have worked well for…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Strikes in Syria

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Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "Late tonight, I was briefed by the Director of National Intelligence about the strikes U.S. forces made against an airfield in Syria believed to be the launching point of the recent chemical weapons attack. This strike will not…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Incidental Collection

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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “The documents I reviewed at the White House last Friday will soon be available to the full House and Senate Intelligence Committees. This action is long overdue and follows an inexplicable series of events in which the White House…