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Section sizes

Section size for Adam Schiff (47 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,681	6,681
Early life and education	5,072	5,072
Law career	3,908	3,908
California State Senate	4,659	4,659
U.S. House of Representatives	35	63,531
Elections	5,693	5,693
Tenure	16	54,624
2003 invasion of Iraq	2,452	2,452
Armenian genocide resolution	3,792	3,792
Helicopter noise	2,788	2,788
Intelligence and surveillance reform	3,040	3,040
Investigation of Benghazi attack	3,108	3,108
Press freedom	3,969	3,969
Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen	2,169	2,169
War authorization reform and authorization against ISIS	2,077	2,077
Comments on Trump–Russia collusion investigation	11,661	13,545
Censure	1,884	1,884
North Korea	1,522	1,522
Israel and antisemitism	4,316	4,316
Murder of Jamal Khashoggi	1,765	1,765
Impeachments	3,870	3,870
Armenia–Azerbaijan War	3,683	3,683
Investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol	1,847	1,847
Ban on stock trading	665	665
Committee assignments	514	514
Caucus memberships	2,665	2,665
California attorney general appointment speculation	2,379	2,379
U.S. Senate	16	4,907
Elections	16	4,295
2024	4,279	4,279
Tenure	121	596
Committee assignments	475	475
Personal life	4,785	4,785
Electoral history	23	31,691
California State Senate	33	1,123
21st senatorial district	1,090	1,090
U.S. House	19	22,837
California's 27th congressional district	1,294	1,294
California's 29th congressional district	7,294	7,294
California's 28th congressional district	11,633	11,633
California's 30th congressional district	2,597	2,597
U.S. Senate	7,708	7,708
Books	53	53
See also	284	284
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
External links	5,266	5,266
Total	133,268	133,268

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Holocaust

No, Adam Schiff tweeted that he was raised in a family that came here fleeing the Holocaust, but it is not true. His father was born in Massachusetts in 1928, five years before Hitler came to power. His mother's family came here even earlier. If you have any regard for the truth, you will delete that sentence or qualify it by pointing out that Schiff's claim was false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.162.253.101 (talk) 00:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What sentence? We say He is the great-grandson of Lithuanian Jews who fled antisemitism in Eastern Europe. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:11, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy

Since Schiff and the Trump political rivals created the fake Russia Collusion scam, why is there no specific “controversy” heading in topics in this article? 2601:842:200:CAC0:202E:7EB4:7F9B:CD51 (talk) 17:07, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Because (1) WP:CONTROVERSYSECTIONS violate WP:NPOV and (2) the controversy was foreign interference in our elections, not Democrats pointing it out. – Muboshgu (talk) 17:12, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The controversy is claiming to have seen evidence of foreign interference but never producing it. Atlassees (talk) 13:13, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rep. Schiff singing

Since he sung "Meet the Mets" in the house of representatives in fall 2015, you should add the event.

73.254.185.47 (talk) 01:16, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Political Positions Section

Every Wikipedia article on a politician I have ever read has a "Political Positions" section is included. Adam Schiff has a career spanning almost 30 years and the section does not exist. I am stating this because the first pamphlet I ever read about Adam Schiff was the first time he ran for California State Senator in 1995, and it was very strongly about how he was Pro-Choice.

I find the exclusion of a Political Positions section odd.

Easeltine (talk) 09:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]