[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8375-H8376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IMPEACHMENT IN THE SHADOWS

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Speaker, unfortunately, the Democrats continue to 
investigate the President in secret back rooms of the Capitol in the 
Intelligence Committee.
  If the Speaker believes that the Members of Congress can ultimately 
vote and impeach the President based on bogus evidence that has never 
seen the light of day, then she is badly mistaken.
  In the past 50 years, this body has held impeachment proceedings for 
only two Presidents: One was a Democrat; one was a Republican. Those 
were serious times when both parties came together to conduct solemn 
business required under the Constitution, a document that we as Members 
of Congress are sworn to uphold.
  Conducting this impeachment process in the shadows is a mockery of 
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democratic process. It actually belittles our duty, and it belittles 
the votes of people who duly elected this President.
  Madam Speaker, in closing, I call on Speaker Pelosi to sit down with 
the Republican leadership to establish an open and transparent process 
based on precedent.

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