[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DISTRACTION IMPEACHMENT

  (Mrs. MILLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. MILLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to denounce the partisan 
motivations and lack of transparency behind Speaker Pelosi and Chairman 
Schiff's impeachment proceedings.
  For the past 10 months, my colleagues across the aisle have operated 
with one sole motivation: undoing the results of the 2016 election. As 
such, Congress has failed to advance the priorities of the American 
people.
  We have not funded crucial legislation to fix our outdated and 
crumbling infrastructure. We have not addressed the crisis on the 
southern border. Meanwhile, the opioid epidemic continues to rage on.
  All we have to show for the past 10 months is a handful of liberal 
messaging bills that have no chance of being made into law.
  While the priorities of the American people have been pushed to the 
side, all of Congress' energy and resources have been diverted to 
behind-closed-door impeachment proceedings far from beyond the sight of 
my fellow colleagues and completely hidden from the taxpayers.
  This is not why I came to Congress. This is not what we were sent 
here to do. The American people deserve better.

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