[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8371-H8372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO HIDE?

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, like so many of my colleagues here today 
on the floor, I rise in strong opposition to the way that this 
impeachment inquiry is being conducted--in secret, behind closed doors.
  Madam Speaker, we had an election in 2016 and the people of this 
country spoke loudly. Not only that, Madam Speaker, there is going to 
be another election next year, and that is when the people of this 
country should be able to decide who the next President is.
  This shouldn't be conducted behind closed doors. Not only is it an 
impeachment inquiry that has not had a vote of the full House, which 
every other impeachment inquiry has had, but there are actual voting 
Members of Congress who are being denied access to these hearings, 
denied the ability to see what is happening behind closed doors.
  What do they have to hide, Madam Speaker? Why aren't they willing to 
have a vote on the House floor?
  This is not the way it should be done. Maybe in Russia this is how 
they conduct hearings. This is not how it should be done in the United 
States of America, where Members of Congress are denied access, the 
press is denied access, and, ultimately, the American people are denied 
access to what is going on behind closed doors to overturn the results 
of the 2016 election.

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