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Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz reintroduced his 'PENCIL Resolution' Thursday, which would bar Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff from accessing any classified information over comments he made saying former President Donald Trump colluded with Russia.

'Congressman Adam Schiff led the effort for years to weaponize lies from the Clinton campaign and a corrupt Department of Justice to smear President Trump while destroying any trust the country had left in America's intelligence agencies,' Gaetz said in a statement.  

The resolution's name, an acronym for 'Preventing Extreme Negligence with Classified Information Licenses,' is inspired by former President Donald Trump's nickname for the California Democrat: 'little pencil neck.'

Gaetz's move comes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally removed Schiff, the former chairman, and Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, from the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday - claiming Schiff 'lied to the American public' about Russiagate and the veracity of Hunter Biden's laptop.  

'Speaker McCarthy kept his promise to remove Rep. Schiff from the Intelligence Committee, and with the PENCIL Resolution, we will express the sense of Congress that he should be barred from accessing any classified information at all,' Gaetz said Thursday.