Adam Schiff
American politician
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| 2025 | A third leg of the Gold Line light rail is planned to extend the line to Pomona, continuing the project initiated by Schiff. |
| 2024 | Adam Schiff was elected as the junior United States senator from California, defeating fellow Democratic U.S. representatives Katie Porter and Barbara Lee in the primary and Republican Steve Garvey in the general election. |
| December 9 2024 | Adam Schiff was sworn into the Senate. |
| December 8 2024 | In preparation for his Senate appointment, Adam Schiff resigned from the House of Representatives. |
| November 5 2024 | Adam Schiff won the election to complete Dianne Feinstein's remaining term and also won the election for the Senate term beginning on January 3, 2025. |
| July 17 2024 | In an exclusive interview with the Los Angeles Times, Schiff publicly called for President Joe Biden to end his bid for reelection. |
| March 5 2024 | Adam Schiff advanced to the general election of the Senate race, facing Republican opponent Steve Garvey. |
| 2023 | Removed from House Intelligence Committee by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. |
| October 2023 | During the Israel–Hamas war, Schiff condemned Hamas's actions and expressed his support for Israel's right to self-defense, while rejecting calls for a ceasefire but supporting 'humanitarian pauses' for aid delivery. |
| June 21 2023 | The House of Representatives censured Adam Schiff in a party-line vote for his role in promoting the theory of Russian collusion, with Schiff denying the allegations as defamatory. |
| April 2023 | In April 2023, Adam Schiff reiterated his call for U.S. recognition of the Republic of Artsakh, emphasizing its historical context and the ongoing need for diplomatic measures in the region. |
| February 2023 | Schiff received a significant endorsement from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for his Senate candidacy following incumbent Dianne Feinstein's announcement not to seek reelection. |
| January 26 2023 | Adam Schiff declared his candidacy for the United States Senate in the 2024 election. |
| 2022 | In January, Adam Schiff announced his candidacy for reelection in the newly constituted 30th congressional district, where he won with 71% of the vote against Maebe A. Girl. |
| June 21 2022 | Adam Schiff led Day 4 of the committee's public hearings, which featured testimony from three Republican officials regarding Trump's actions after the election, and highlighted the threats faced by Georgia poll worker Wandrea' ArShaye Moss. |
| October 2021 | Adam Schiff published his book 'Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could,' recounting the effects of the Trump presidency. |
| July 1 2021 | Adam Schiff was appointed as one of the nine members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. |
| April 23 2021 | Rob Bonta officially took office as California Attorney General on April 23, 2021. |
| March 24 2021 | On March 24, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he would appoint California state assemblyman Rob Bonta as the new Attorney General. |
| February 2021 | In February 2021, it was reported that Adam Schiff was lobbying Governor Gavin Newsom and his allies to appoint him as Attorney General of California. |
| 2020 | Adam Schiff accused Turkey of inciting the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, emphasizing the need to reexamine U.S. relations with both countries. |
| 2020 | Schiff faced a crowded primary and won with a majority of the votes, later winning the general election easily after Republican attorney Eric Early advanced to the general election. |
| December 2020 | In early December 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for Secretary of Health and Human Services. |
| January 15 2020 | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Adam Schiff as a lead impeachment manager, leading a team responsible for presenting the impeachment case against President Trump during his Senate trial. |
| 2019 | Upon becoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Schiff initiated a personal investigation into Trump's connections to Russia, independent of the Special Counsel's efforts. |
| 2019 | Adam Schiff was appointed as chair of the House Intelligence Committee, a position he held until 2023. |
| December 18 2019 | As chair of the Intelligence Committee, Schiff was a lead investigator in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump, who was impeached by the House on party lines with 228 votes to 193. |
| October 29 2019 | The full House of Representatives passed U.S. House Resolution 106 recognizing the Armenian genocide by a vote of 405–11. |
| April 2019 | In April, Schiff voted for a bipartisan resolution under the War Powers Act aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Yemen war, which passed the Senate but was subsequently vetoed after passing the House. |
| March 28 2019 | Nine Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee called for Schiff's resignation, to which he responded by criticizing them for tolerating misconduct within the Trump campaign. |
| February 2019 | Schiff condemned Representative Ilhan Omar's tweet that suggested lobby money was fueling American politicians' support for Israel, calling it 'never acceptable' to repeat anti-Semitic smears. |
| 2018 | The New Yorker reported that Adam Schiff has been writing screenplays on the side for years, including a murder mystery and a post-Holocaust story. |
| 2018 | After Democratic challenger Kim Gruenenfelder dropped out of the primary, Schiff won the general election against Republican nominee Johnny Nalbandian. |
| December 2018 | Adam Schiff suggested that Trump associate Roger Stone may have lied to Congress, proposing that his testimony should be forwarded to the Special Counsel. |
| April 2018 | In April, Schiff discussed President Trump's role in North Korea's willingness to engage in talks with the U.S., attributing it to Trump's unpredictability and bellicosity. |
| 2017 | Adam Schiff condemned the North Korean regime following the death of American student Otto Warmbier, stating that their treatment of him constituted murder. |
| July 23 2017 | On Meet the Press, Schiff emphasized the importance of ensuring the president was acting in America's best interests, amidst ongoing concerns regarding Trump's ties to Russia. |
| April 2 2017 | Adam Schiff appeared on CNN's State of the Union to discuss ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, expressing that it would be irresponsible not to pursue the matter. |
| March 22 2017 | In a March 22 interview, Adam Schiff stated there was 'more than circumstantial evidence now' indicating Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia. |
| 2016 | Adam Schiff secured his seat again, defeating Republican candidate Lenore Solis. |
| 2016 | The Gold Line light rail extension was further extended to Azusa, following the groundwork laid by Schiff. |
| December 2016 | Adam Schiff urged President Obama to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories. |
| 2015 | Adam Schiff supported the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, stating that the military action was necessitated by the illegal actions of the Houthi rebels and their Iranian backers, while emphasizing the need for a negotiated end to the crisis. |
| 2015 | As a result of the advocacy efforts by Adam Schiff, the FAA created a countywide helicopter noise public complaint system in Los Angeles County, marking the first step toward regulation of helicopter noise. |
| February 2015 | In February 2015, Adam Schiff discussed the consequences of his 2003 vote for the invasion of Iraq, stating that the intelligence at the time was 'dead wrong' and that the decision initiated a series of disastrous events. |
| 2014 | Adam Schiff became the first member of Congress to participate in the AIDS/LifeCycle, a charity bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. |
| 2014 | Adam Schiff was appointed by Nancy Pelosi to the House Select Committee on Benghazi as one of the five Democrats on the committee. |
| 2014 | The House Permanent Select Committee's report on the Benghazi attacks found that diplomatic facilities worldwide lacked adequate security, with findings that were unanimous and bipartisan. |
| 2014 | Schiff participated in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigation into the Benghazi attacks, which concluded that the intelligence community's initial talking points were flawed but not intended to deceive. |
| 2014 | Adam Schiff introduced the Telephone Metadata Reform Act, which aimed to prohibit the bulk collection of domestic phone records. |
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