[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8396-H8397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               STOP POLITICAL GAMES AND GET BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. GUEST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, the impeachment of a President is a serious 
process that will have lasting effects on our Republic. It requires a 
transparent and trustworthy Congress to conduct a proper investigation 
because of the attempts to undo the will of the American people.
  As a former prosecutor, I know that holding hearings behind closed 
doors is not transparent. Withholding information from the American 
people does not promote trust. Misconstruing the facts to the American 
public is not proper.
  These actions alone point to an illegitimate process that will 
continue to

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divide our Nation for the sake of partisan politics.
  I ask, is the political gamesmanship worth letting our infrastructure 
continue to crumble? Is it worth ignoring the opioid crisis in our 
country? Is it worth undermining our democracy to attack a duly elected 
President?
  We have real problems in this country that the American people 
elected us to solve, and we cannot ignore these problems while we focus 
on this improper and partisan political process.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage my colleagues across the aisle to stop the 
political games so that we can get back to work on the issues that are 
important to the American people.

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