[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H304-H305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE SLOW IMPEACHMENT PROCESS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to shed some light on how slow 
this urgent impeachment process really unfolded.
  The missile crawler-transporter used to transfer the NASA spacecraft 
to the launch pad travels at a rate of about 5,000 feet per hour. The 
slowest animal on Earth, the three-toed sloth, can travel at a speed of 
792 feet per hour. The California banana slug can travel at 240 feet 
per hour, amazingly enough.
  It is approximately 610 feet from the House desk to the Senate desk. 
It took 28 days for Speaker Pelosi to send the articles to the Senate 
at a rate of about 11 inches per hour.
  Mr. Speaker, House Democrats never thought this was an urgent matter 
of national security, as was stated. Urgent matters don't move at 11 
inches per hour. Indeed, there was time to use about a dozen different 
souvenir pens to sign the document one letter at a time yesterday.
  The dishonesty, the misdirection of House Democrats surrounding this 
impeachment process--well, the American public has had 28-plus days to 
figure this out.

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  Thankfully, the Senate is going to take up the USMCA today before 
they get balled up for the next several weeks dealing with this 
impeachment disaster.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope they have a fair trial and treat the President 
correctly in this process.

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