[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 182 (Thursday, November 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8837-H8838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IMPEACHMENT IMPOSES OPPORTUNITY COST

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, the impeachment hearings are continuing, in 
spite of the following factors existing.
  Number one, this is a very unfair process. If Democratic leadership 
was truly interested in determining guilt or innocence, why not 
establish bipartisan rules and procedures allowing the President due 
process?

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  Number two, the leading Democratic players have maintained 
predetermined presumptions of guilt for well over a year now and have 
repeatedly been untruthful about contact with the whistleblower. The 
whistleblower's attorney even called for a Presidential coup more than 
2 years ago.
  Number three, Democratic leadership does not have any facts that 
constitute an impeachable offense. There has been no evidence 
whatsoever of quid pro quo. There was no ``this for that.''
  This inquiry is called a sham by many for these reasons.
  This has also been a great opportunity lost at a high opportunity 
cost to our country. Because of this politically motivated impeachment 
proceeding, there has been no USMCA, no illegal immigration reform, no 
lowering of prescription drug costs, no infrastructure bill, nothing 
except investigations to nowhere.

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