[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CONSPIRACY OF COUP ATTEMPT

  (Mr. PALMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALMER. Madam Speaker, calling this a constitutional impeachment 
process is a farce and a gross misrepresentation of what is taking 
place. The entire process has flown in the face of precedent, 
procedure, and decency, with no regard whatsoever for the good of the 
country. It is politics at perhaps the worst we have seen in our 
Nation's history.
  The Democrats started their effort to depose President Trump even 
before he took office, starting with the Russia collusion hoax.
  Witness interviews are being conducted behind closed doors while 
Members of Congress, who have the responsibility to vote on the 
testimony of these witnesses, are shut out.
  The chairman of the Intelligence Committee is having secret phone 
calls, talking with alleged whistleblowers, and withholding information 
from Members of Congress and the public that is vital to this inquiry.
  This is shameful. This is really a conspiracy to remove a duly 
elected President.
  The Democrat majority is engaged in an effort to conduct a trial with 
a predetermined outcome to remove President Trump from office using 
tactics unbecoming and unfitting the Republic we serve and this House.
  This is not a legitimate inquiry; it is a coup attempt. It is time to 
stop this charade.

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