Adam Schiff just described the United States as the oldest Democracy.
*ahem*... I think the Greeks might have something to say about that... you know, the originators of the word "demos", that makes up "democracy".
England would also like a word, the society that gave America the foundation of its laws and society in general.
So, Adam Schiff isn't very good at being a lawyer... and now he isn't much of a historian either.