[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 165 (Friday, October 18, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IT'S TIME TO STOP THE MADNESS

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, the impeachment inquiry being led by the 
House Democrats is a sham process. Over the last 3 weeks, we have seen 
a stunning lack of transparency, the failure to provide basic due 
process rights to the President, the selective leaking of testimony and 
information, and Members of Congress being refused entry to the closed-
door hearings.
  I was even denied this week the opportunity to review the Volker 
testimony, despite being on one of the committees responsible for fact 
finding in this nontransparent inquiry.
  Since day one, Democrats in this Chamber have been attempting to 
overturn the results of the 2016 election by any means necessary. They 
have been so focused on impeachment, that recently it seems like this 
Chamber, Democrats' friends in the news, and pundits cannot focus on 
anything else.
  As Democrats continue to focus on keeping the curtain closed on these 
proceedings to the public, the minority and the President, the American 
people are left to suffer without passage of the USMCA, bipartisan 
prescription drug reform, and border security measures.
  The people in my district, both Republicans and Democrats, have 
repeatedly told me they are sick and tired of this nontransparent 
inquiry, and the fact that Congress fails to do anything other than 
focus on tearing down the duly-elected President.
  It is time to stop this nonsense. It is time to stop the madness. It 
is time to stop the opaque inquiry for the benefit of the American 
people.

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