[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8373-H8374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IT IS TIME THAT WE PUT THE FACTS ON THE TABLE

  (Mr. MEADOWS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEADOWS. Madam Speaker, in a SCIF in the basement of this very 
building is a secret process, a process that is designed to keep the 
truth from the American people. Now, it is not

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based on firsthand comments. It is based on secondhand gossip.
  And I can tell you, what I have heard for over 60 hours needs to be 
heard by the American people, because ultimately this President did 
nothing wrong. And we need to make sure that we send a clear message to 
the rest of America that we are a transparent body, not one that is 
held with secrets.
  And yet here we are with Adam Schiff providing leading questions, 
trying to actually get to a foregone conclusion in his mind. It is time 
that we hold him accountable and the rest of this body. Open it up. 
Let's be transparent. Let's send a message to the Senate, who 
ultimately is going to have to be the judge and jury of this. It is 
time that we put the facts on the table. The facts will exonerate our 
President.

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