[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H249-H250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          IMPEACHMENT COLLAPSE

  (Mr. BYRNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BYRNE. Madam Speaker, after a long, embarrassing month, the House 
will finally transmit the Articles of Impeachment against President 
Trump to the United States Senate. Yet I understand Speaker Pelosi and 
her managers will continue to push for witnesses in the Senate trial 
because, in their words, they want the facts.
  That claim is nonsense. House Democrats blocked the testimony of the

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whistleblower, DNC staffer Alexandra Chalupa, Nellie Ohr with Fusion 
GPS, and, of course, the two gentlemen pictured to my left, Devon 
Archer and Hunter Biden.
  In reality, the Democrats' entire case depended on hiding the facts. 
As more facts emerged last year, their case collapsed. Public support 
for their impeachment fell as the weakness of their case was exposed.
  I remind my majority that what is good for the goose is good for the 
gander. I predict House Democrats will not fare as well blocking these 
witnesses in Mitch McConnell's United States Senate.

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