[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, the conventional wisdom that Speaker 
Pelosi and the Democrats gained nothing from the delay in sending the 
Articles of Impeachment to the Senate is contradicted by the results. 
Some Republican Senators are said to be working to assure witnesses, as 
Speaker Pelosi demanded.
  There are 53 Republican Senators and 47 Democrats. Notwithstanding 
where they stand on impeachment itself, it would benefit Republican 
moderates and even others to avoid the stigma of unprecedented 
unfairness by at least allowing witnesses, which requires only a 51 
percent majority. Witnesses would help mitigate Majority Leader Mitch 
McConnell's undisguised unfairness in working directly with the White 
House.
  As a result of the Pelosi delay, even Senator McConnell now says he 
will follow the Clinton impeachment process. Depositions from witnesses 
were ultimately allowed there.

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