{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://curtis.house.gov/press-releases/curtis-writes-letter-to-chairman-schiff-after-impeachment-inquiry-vote-announcement/", "Curtis Writes Letter to Chairman Schiff after Impeachment Inquiry Vote Announcement", "2019-10-28", "2019", "2019-10", "Republican", "House", "UT", "John Curtis", "C001114", "curtis.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, DCThis evening, Representative\nJohn Curtis (R-UT), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent the\nfollowing letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff after\nlearning of the upcoming impeachment inquiry vote by way of the media. \nAs a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Curtis has attended as many closed-door depositions as possible. In his letter to the Intel Chairman, he describes his concerns with the rushed timeline and requests to see a copy of the resolution to better prepare to vote. Letter available in PDF here.\nDespite this seemingly rushed process, I learned through media reports, not official channels, that we will be voting on the House Floor this Thursday to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. In order to make the best decision on my vote on behalf of Utah's Third Congressional District, I believe I will need to review the transcripts of each testimony. Therefore, I would like to know how many pages of transcript and testimony have and will be accumulated before Thursday's vote. Even if hearing transcripts were released right now, by my rough estimation, it would require more hours to read the transcripts than there are hours left before the official vote. Is it truly your intention to call for a vote with the impossibility to cast an informed vote?\nFull text of\nthe letter is below:\nChairman Adam Schiff\nHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence\nHVC \n304\nU.S.\nCapitol Building\nWashington,\nDC 20515\nAs a\nMember of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, I am one of the few Members\nof Congress who you have allowed to attend the depositions related to the\nDemocrats hearings, known by some as Speaker Pelosi's impeachment inquiry into\nPresident Trump. \nWhile\nI have made an active effort to attend as many closed-door depositions as\npossible, I have been unable to attend every deposition. This is in large part\ndue to simultaneous hearings being held by various Committees on which I serve.\nIn fact, this Wednesday, the day before we are expected to vote on an official\ninquiry, I have been informed that you scheduled two impeachment related\ndepositions at the exact same time. I take my responsibility to listen to all\nthe facts very seriously and I cannot be expected to be in two rooms at once.\nFurther, my staff, and most of my colleagues, are not allowed to attend in my\nplace to brief me on the depositions after the fact. \nDespite\nthis seemingly rushed process, I learned through media reports, not official channels,\nthat we will be voting on the House Floor this Thursday to launch an\nimpeachment inquiry into President Trump. In order to make the best decision on\nmy vote on behalf of Utah's Third Congressional District, I believe I will need\nto review the transcripts of each testimony. Therefore, I would like to know\nhow many pages of transcript and testimony have and will be accumulated before\nThursday's vote. Even if hearing transcripts were released right now, by my\nrough estimation, it would require more hours to read the transcripts than\nthere are hours left before the official vote. Is it truly your intention to\ncall for a vote with the impossibility to cast an informed vote?\nIn\naddition, I would like to know at what dates and times your staff will be available\nfrom now until the vote, to accommodate Members, like myself, who want all\ninformation possible when representing their constituents  as Republican\nMembers are not permitted to view the transcripts without Democrat supervision.\n\nFinally,\nwith the impeachment inquiry vote less than 70 hours away, when can I expect to\nsee a copy of the resolution, and the terms of the impeachment inquiry, we are\nvoting on?\nThank\nyou for your assistance. I look forward to receiving your response.\nSincerely,\n\nJohn Curtis\n\nMember of Congress\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://curtis.house.gov/press-releases/curtis-writes-letter-to-chairman-schiff-after-impeachment-inquiry-vote-announcement/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4752279967069626, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}