[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            IMPEACHMENT SHAM

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, this week Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats 
are continuing their 3-year-old quest to overturn the 2016 election and 
tear down President Donald Trump.
  Recently, Speaker Pelosi said the current impeachment farce is not 
rushed because it has been going on for 2\1/2\ years. That seems to me 
to be admission of what we have known for a long time: that the 
Democrats do not care how or why they impeach the President, so long as 
they do so.
  This impeachment sham is a result of a quest that began the moment 
President Trump descended the escalator at Trump Tower in 2015 to 
announce that he was running for President.
  It is also the result of career bureaucrats, some in the intelligence 
community, and House Democrats trying to prevent or stop President 
Trump from taking power out of their hands and returning it to the 
people.
  Just this week we have seen evidence that the FBI has been weaponized 
against the Presidential candidate; Chairman Schiff abusing his power 
by releasing phone records of Members of Congress and reporters, and 
his refusal to defend a one-sided report crafted by him and his staff.
  Again, enough is enough. Let's stop this sham and get back to the 
work of the American people.

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