Chicago City Wire

On June 21, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05)spoke from the floor of the House of Representatives in defense of Representative Adam Schiff (CA-30) amidst GOP efforts to censure him. Quigley and Schiff served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for eight years and worked closely together during the first impeachment investigation of former President Donald Trump. 

Video of Quigley’s speech is availableHERE. 

Below are his remarks as delivered:

Mr. Speaker, I had the honor of serving with the gentleman from California on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for eight years. I had an in-the-ring view of his work.

And obviously it is not what Mr. Schiff did that was wrong--it's what he did so well. That's what bothers the majority. He defended our country from threats foreign and domestic.

He defended the rule of law and he defended our democracy at one of its most critical and pivotal points and he held the ethically and legally challenged former president accountable.

But what really gnaws on the majority, what really bothers them is that Mr. Schiff was way better than anybody on their team at debate, at leadership, at messaging, at legal knowledge.

He kicked their ass.

He was better, he was more effective, and that still bothers them. They couldn't beat him on the field, so they voted him off.

We voted people off committees because they posed threats--not because they can't compete.

Original source can be found here.