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




                    THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE MORE

  (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, I stand with my Republican colleagues 
tonight as the people's House faces an unprecedented and illegitimate 
impeachment process.
  House Democrats' secret impeachment proceedings behind closed doors 
are keeping the American people in the dark. Members in the minority 
are being shut out of the process, which threatens to erode the most 
basic standards of transparency in our Nation's government.
  The Mueller investigation didn't give them what they wanted, so now 
they conduct secret proceedings behind these closed doors. This simply 
is unacceptable.
  As I have continued to state on behalf of my constituents, Congress 
should be legislating on behalf of the American people, not wasting 
valuable legislative time and millions of taxpayer dollars.
  We should be passing the USMCA and meaningful reforms for our farmers 
and ranchers. We should be passing bipartisan infrastructure 
legislation, and we should be addressing the devastating crisis of 
missing and murdered indigenous women.
  Instead, House Democrats choose to continue endless partisan 
investigations and reckless impeachment inquiries. Madam Speaker, the 
American people deserve more.

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