[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 163 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ATTEMPTED COUP NEEDS TO STOP NOW

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, what is going on with regard to the 
attempted coup on a United States President is really outrageous. It is 
playing out now in the House of Representatives.
  I am on the Judiciary Committee, as are other friends.   Andy Biggs--
who just addressed us--our friend,   Andy Harris, and others went down 
to the SCIF where there is supposedly a hearing going on about 
impeachment. I was not allowed in, nor were the others with me who are 
Members of Congress.
  We were told: No, you are not allowed in.
  I asked: Who gave that order? Because until a vote is held on the 
rules to change the rules of precedent, it goes through the Judiciary 
Committee. They couldn't explain.
  They said: Well, our staff boss says an elected Member of Congress 
cannot go sit in on a hearing like that.
  It is outrageous. They couldn't say who said it. It is outrageous. 
This coup needs to stop now.

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