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Intel Ranking Member Schiff Statement on the Political, Economic and Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela

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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: “With the world's largest oil reserves, Venezuela used to be one of Latin America's most prosperous nations. Today it is marked by rampant violence, corruption, and severe food and medicine shortages. Hospitals are without basic…

Intel Committee Ranking Member Schiff Statement on Trump’s Firing of FBI Director Comey

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Los Angeles, CA – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: "The decision by a President whose campaign associates are under investigation by the FBI for collusion with Russia to fire the man overseeing that investigation, upon the recommendation of an Attorney General who has recused…

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…