[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HAS NO FACTS

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, we are now in week 2 of the ``public 
phase'' of Speaker Pelosi's and Chairman Schiff's impeachment inquiry.
  What comes to mind is a song from 1980 by REO Speedwagon. I am not 
going to do this any justice, but here it is: ``I heard it from a 
friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another . . .''
  That is the evidence that has been presented in private and in 
public: no substance. In fact, Mr. Morrison and Ambassador Volker, both 
of whom claimed to have firsthand knowledge, testified they witnessed 
no bribery, no quid pro quos, and no illegal actions by President 
Trump.
  Yesterday, Ambassador Sondland said: ``I never heard from President 
Trump that aid was conditioned on an announcement'' of investigations.
  Here is what it is: We are talking about innuendos, thoughts, and 
feelings, but no facts. That is what is happening. That is what has 
happened in the SCIF when it was rehearsed, and that is what is 
happening in the public performance this past couple of weeks.

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