; Whereas the chairman and ranking minority member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a joint statement on January 25, 2017, announcing that the Committee has undertaken a bipartisan inquiry into the underlying intelligence used to draft the Intelligence Community Assessment, Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections , and the scope of this inquiry includes, Russian cyber activity and other active measures directed against the U.S. and its allies and Counterintelligence concerns related to Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, including any intelligence regarding links between Russia and individuals associated with political campaigns ; and Whereas the American people have a right to know whether there was collusion between persons affiliated with Donald J. Trump and the Russian government to influence the outcome of the 2016 election: Now, therefore, be it