; Whereas, on November 20, 2019, Chairman Schiff’s actions further violated paragraph 4(B) of House Resolution 660, which states, In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member … the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI ; Whereas, on November 21, 2019, pursuant to clause 2(j)(1) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, all Republican Members on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence wrote to Chairman Schiff demanding to call witnesses at a minority day of hearings; Whereas, subsequent to receiving the request for an additional day of hearings by members of the minority party, Chairman Schiff refused to schedule such hearings; Whereas, on December 6, 2019, Chairman Schiff, without consultation of the Ranking Minority Member, in violation of section 3 of House Resolution 660, unilaterally transmitted additional records and other materials to the Committee on the Judiciary; Whereas Chairman Schiff compelled the production of documents from AT&T and Verizon and, in violation of clause 2(k)(6) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, publicly used these documents to smear the personal attorneys of the President, a journalist, and to create a false narrative about a sitting Member of Congress and current and former congressional staff; Whereas on multiple occasions in both closed-door depositions and public hearings, Chairman Schiff abused his power as chair by unilaterally restricting Republican lines of questions and supporting witnesses’ attempts to evade answering Republicans’ [or the minority’s ] questions by directing witnesses not to answer certain questions from Republican Members and staff