Impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Here is a look at what they had to say. This is an hour. And revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, our duly elected president took office and even before that, House Democrats had been calling for his impeachment. The rationale may keep changing, and it will, but their quest for impeachment has been never ending. Yet for some reason, this impeachment inquiry is being conducted behind closed doors, leaving many in this poddy and the American People in the dark. Is that fairness . Theyre even refusing to take a formal vote here on the house floor, a fair and open process appears to be the least of their concerns. Instead of wasting valuable time with this baseless inquiry, there is so much more we could and should be doing. We could be ratifying the united statesmexicocanada agreement to help manufacturers and farmers in my district in michigan and across the country. We could be working in a bipartisan fashion to Lower Health Care costs, to continue growing a healthy economy, and to rebuild our roads and bridges. Lets stop the impeachment theater and get back to the pocketbook issue ours constituents care about. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Annapolis consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman recognized for one minute. The democrats account is built on hearsay, thirdparty accounts and opinions. No cop in america could make any arrest with that not even a misdemeanor, much less something as sobering at impeachment. They tread on the very colors of our flags. Theyre conducting a secret investigation disguised as an impeachment inquiry. Calling forth only prosecutorial hearsay demonstration, hearsay testimony deemed most likely to condemn the president , witnesses chosen an screened by and screened by adam schiff. True investigators question everyone, not just those who will lead to a predetermined conclusion. Democrats are hand picking information to mislead the American People. This is dangerous, its wrong weary. He people grow i yield. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom michigan seek recognition . Without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. The impeachment inquiry under way in the house has been shrouded in secret meetings and out of view of the American People my constituents have told me that they oppose this investigation and they believe the house should be taking up legislation that needs to be done to help hardworking michigan residents. First and foremost, the house should pass the united statesmexicocanada trade agreement without delay. This agreement will benefit hardworking michigan residents, especially in industries vital oour to our state like manufacturing an agriculture. Theyll have new markets for their products and the profits they make will come back to our communities in mid and northern michigan. Mr. Moolenaar ive also been a strong advocate for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and funding construction of a new lock at the hsu locks. Yet these priorities are fund a temporary stopgap. After weeks of delays caused by Senate Democrats who want to renegotiate, we face the prospect of an impeachment trial that will bog down activity in the senate even further into the future. Thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom michigan seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Since november 9, 2016, democrats have been calling for the removal of President Trump. Even before he took office they had been protesting the results of the election and have sought to delegitimize his historic win in battleground states like michigan. Breaking with historical precedent, House Democrat leadership will not hold a vote on this extremely consequential matter. House democrats have created a toxic Work Environment resulting in nothing getting done, no good policy or law created, no regular order. This is a politically motivated charade attempting to undermine and diminish the effectiveness of the duly elected president and his administration based on bias, prejudice, and disgraceful politic. The people of the First District of michigan sent me here to work with others to get things done and represent the people with honor and integrity. I am sure my 434 colleagues were sent here with the same mission. Its high time to get back to real work. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house were one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today to bring attention to the sham impeachment process being run out of the steamed house. As House Democrats continue to pursue politically motivated attacks on President Trump, it is alarming that their leaders are withholding evidence and facts from elected members of our congress. Last week, i sent letters to the chairs of the house Intelligence Committee, the committee on oversight and reform, and the committee on foreign affairs, to inform them of my intent as an elected member of the 116th congress to review documents and records in possession of their committees. Mr. Joyce we must be allowed to do our jobs. The fair choice is clear. We cannot allow House Democrats to continue issuing political attacks behind the safety of clandestine closed doors. Madam speaker, i stand for transparency, and i stand for accountability. I stand for fairness. Its time nor body to restore its integrity. Thank you and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker this cloak and dagger impeachment process is unprecedented, uncalled for, and unfair to the American People. When i, a member of congress, am turned away from reading testimony from chairman schiffs closed door hearing, how can i keep informed on a narrative thats constantly changing . How are we supposed to know the facts when the Intelligence Committee is selectively leaking information to the press, creating a biased narrative while shrouding this truth in darkness. Will we ever get information before theres a vote on impeachment or will the speaker continue allowing secret hearings and inquiry to drag on. These are questions every american should be asking. Impeachment undoes an election and is the most serious tool congress can use. We should treat it as such. Instead weve seen democrats calling for it since before President Trump was inaugurated. One of my democrat colleagues recently said, if President Trump isnt guilty, he needs to prove it. Thats not how america works. It is the speakers responsibility to lay out the evidence in an open, transparent way so we can debate and vote on it. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Today the democratic majority is not judging the president with fairness but impeaching him with a vengeance. An investigation of the president fundamental principles which americans hold dear, privacy, fairness, checks and balances have been seriously violated and why . Because were here today because the democrats in the house are paralyzed with hatred of President Trump and until the democrats free themselves of this hatred, our country will suffer. Now if that sounds familiar, youve got a longer memory than the democrats. Mr. Byrne those same comments when addressing republicans actions toward president clinton were made by nancy pelosi in 1998. Could there be a clearer indication of a hypocrisy that fuels the democratic sham impeachment process currently taking place behind closed doors . If Speaker Pelosi and the democrats truly care about, in pelosis own words, quote, the fundamental principles which americans hold dear, privacy, fairness, checks and balances, they will restore the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for minute. Time and again my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made it clear that this impeachment process is nothing but a sad act of political theater, the impeachment of a president , the attempt to insert the u. S. Congress between the American People and the president they elected three years ago, the attempts by this house leadership to prevent the American People from making their choice in the election next november. This is a serious matter and must not be abused as a tool for partisan gain or advantage in the next election. Ive witnessed democrats on the Judiciary Committee repeatedly fail to find evidence to support a case for impeaching this president. Now in realization of this fact and fundamental fairness and due process, the speaker removed any further investigation from Judiciary Committee so it can be conducted in secret and out of public view. No vote to proceed. No access to testimony no ability to call witnesses. This is a sham and the American People wont have it any longer. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Unfortunately, the democrats continue to investigate the president in secret back rooms of the capitol and Intelligence Committee. If the speaker believes that the members of congress can ultimately vote and impeach the president based on bogus evidence that has never seen the light of day, then she is badly mistaken. Mr. Aderholt in the past 50 years, this body has held impeachment proceedings for two president s, one a democrat, one a republican. That was a serious time when both parties came together to conduct solemn business required under the constitution. A document that we as members of congress are sworn to uphold. Conducting this impeachment process in the shadows is a mockery of the democratic process. It actually belittles our duty and it belittles the votes of people who duly elected this president. Madam speaker, in closing, i call on the speak call on Speaker Pelosi to sit down with Republican Leadership to establish an open and transparent process based on precedent. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Republican or democrat, we can all agree on this when youve been accused of something you have a right to publicly defend yourself. My colleagues across the aisle are make heinous accusation against President Trump but are refusing to give him a voice in the process to defend himself. Any impeachment proceeding in the history of our country has operated with full transparency and with a bipartisan effort. Thats not whats happening here. Subpoenas are flying right and left without any consultation of the minority. Interrogations and hearings happening in secret. Why isnt the media demanding to be in the room instead of waiting for individuals to come out and give cherrypicked information . The American People deserve better. If they had solid leved or even a fact yawl basis for impeachment theyd be shouting from the rooftops an broadcasting it on every screen in america. This is a sham process that makes a mockery of our government. We must end this illegitimate inquiry and return to the rules that have governed this body for the last 232 years. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, i came to congress to vote on legislation and go to work. What have we done for the last couple of weeks . Nothing. Instead of concentrating on things that matter to this country, their intent is to reverse an election in 2016 of president donald trump. In america, when you commit a crime, you get the evidence and then you have a verdict. What the democrats, nancy pelosi and adam schiff are doing now, what theyve got the verdict. Theyre trying to get evidence, and then theyre going to try to fish for a crime. Madam speaker, the public deserves better than this. We are better than this this sham process as has been done in the soviet union should not be done in the halls of congress. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today to support president donald j. Trump. The democrats entire impeachment process has been a sham since day one. Mr. Carter the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee who is charged with leading the inquiry has lied to the American People. Chairman schiff made up his own version of the president s call with ukraine. He ride about his deal wgs the whistleblower and has misled the country about the Trump Campaign and russia for years. Unfortunately, House Democrats again put partisan politics over the good of our nation last night by blocking a vote tosen sure and condemn adam schiff, the chairman in charge of this ridiculous impeachment inquiry must be held accountable for blatantly misleading the American People. Weve all seen the transcript of the call between President Trump and the president of ukraine. There was nothing there so my democratic colleagues are left with making up their own stories and seeing what people will believe. Democrats wont even allow a noncommittee member to attend depositions and interviews nor will they the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Carter madam speaker the speaker pro tempore the entlemans time has for what purpose does the gentleman from South Carolina seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, the American People are asking, what in the world is going on in the peoples house . But its easy to see, when you hear the words from mr. Green from texas, who said, if we dont impeach this president , he will get reelected. Thats led to closeddoor hearings, secret depositions and a parity by a committee chairman. Nothing good happens in the dark, behind closed doors. Mr. Dunn in fact, the german mr. Duncan in fact, the german people knew this at the end of world war ii, at the end of years of being behind the iron curtain. They rebuilt their parliament with a glass dome, a mirrored speier, directing sunlight into the chamber, a chamber made of glass walls, for sunlight and transparency. This peoples house operates the same way or at least it should, until these hearings, hend closed doors. Ese secret depositions i support President Trump. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition . Mr. Newhouse madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Newhouse madam speaker, i stand with my republican colleagues tonight as the peoples house faces an unprecedented and illegitimate impeachment process. House democrats secret impeachment proceedings behind closed doors are keeping the American People in the dark. Members in the minority are being shut out of the process, which threatens to erode the most basic standards of transparency in our nations government. The Mueller Investigation didnt give them what they wanted. So now they conduct secret proceedings behind these closed doors. This simply is unacceptable. As ive continued to state on behalf of my constituents, congress should be legislating on behalf of the American People, not waste not wasting valuable legislative time and million of taxpayer dollars. We should be passing the usmca and meaningful reforms for our farmers and ranchers. We should be passing bipartisan infrastructure legislation. We should be addressing the devastating crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. Instead, House Democrats choose to continue endless partisan investigations and reckless impeachment inquiries. The American People deserve more. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Hartzler madam speaker, i rise today in defense of my constituents who deserve action on issues that will improve their lives and strengthen our nation. However, instead of focusing on bipartisan solutions, house leadership is focusing on partisan antics to impeach the president. N november 8, 2016, nearly 138 million americans cast their votes to decide the occupant of the white house. Now these voters are being disenfranchised by washington democrats who seek to nullify the election results. They are using any means necessary to remove the president , because they cannot beat him at the bament box. They could not beat him at the ballot box. Now the latest attack is a costly and partisan impeachment process. Madam speaker, i was elected to represent the great people of missouris fourth Congressional District and they have spoken. They Want Congress to work on everyday issues, such as the rising cost of health care, crumbling roads and bridges and the opportunity to increase trade by passing usmca. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. Mrs. Hartzler lets get back to work. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition . I request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, calling this a constitutional impeachment process is a farce and a gross misrepresentation of what is taking place. The entire process has flown in the face of precedent, procedure and decency, with no regard whatsoever for the good of the country. It is politics at perhaps the worst we have seen in our nations hftry. The democrats started their effort to depose President Trump even before he took office, starting with the russia collusion hoax. Mr. Palmer witness interviews are being conducted behind closed doors while members of congress, who have the responsibility to vote on the testimony of these witnesses, are shut out. The chairman of the Intelligence Committee is having secret phone calls, talking with alleged whistleblowers, withholding information from members of congress and the public that is vital to this inquiry. This is shameful. This is really a conspiracy to remove a duly elected president. The democrat majority is engaged in an effort to conduct a trial with a predetermined outcome to remove the president from office, using tactics unbecoming and unfitting the republic we serve, and this house. This is not a legitimate inquiry. It is a coup attempt. And its time to either it is time to stop this charade. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, once again members returned to washington this week and once again, important bipartisan work on issues like lowering Prescription Drug prices, encouraging Rural Broadband buildout, passing the usmca trade deal, and improving americas aging infrastructure have stalled because of the very partisan efforts to impeach President Trump. Mr. Johnson this week the democratic majority will hold more secret meetings in the capitol basement, release more selective cherrypicked leak designed to confuse the American People leaks designed to confuse the American People, and proven their Proven Guilty guilty until proven innocent. The russian collusion hoax failed miserably and the Robert Mueller testimony gave them nothing. So now theyre on to plan b. They say they have the evidence to impeach. But weve already heard that song. Democratic leaders have claimed to have evidence before. Lets see if they can actually produce their evidence this time. Lets get on with working for the American People. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have been trying to impeach President Trump since he took office and we all know this. Theyve made it very clear, they deem the president s every action to be impeachable and since the beginning of this joke inquiry, they have shown no interest in fair or factbased proceedings. Impeachment is a monumental emol mental step that must be done with transparency. Mr. Williams democrats have held meetings in secret, convenient onesided information can be leaked to the public, denying american citizens the right to have their elected members of congress present. The dedication to using any and all resources in an attempt to remove a duly elected president is unthinkable and a waste of time. The constitution provides the house with the power of impeachment for high crimes and miss demeaners, not misdemeanors, not for a political theater to push an agenda. The democrats have made a mockery of congress and our democracy throughout this process and the American People deserve better and this president deserves better. As my colleague from texas, al green said it, President Trump will win again in 2020. In god we trust. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition . Madam speaker, i request consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today in opposition to the partisan impeachment inquiry currently under way by House Democrats. They have elected to make this a closeddoor, partisan process with no fairness, transparency, due process or accountability to the American People. Mr. Wittman it is absolutely necessary for the speaker to hold a vote in the full house to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry. Regardless of which party held the majority in the past, there has been an authorization vote because it allows the house to adopt procedures that would provide for the minority to be an equal part of this process. We cannot even get access to testimony from these secret hearings. Considering impeaching a duly elected president should be significant enough to demand transparency, due process and an open and fair proceeding. In wake up this partisan exercise of this partisan exercise, we have abandoned the work of the people. We should be passing legislation thats bipartisan to lower the price of Prescription Drugs, and approving the usmca that would create millions of jobs for hardworking americans. We cannot afford to put these priorities on the back burner and i know the folks in my district agree. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom utah seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman s recognized for one minute. Mr. Bishop thank you, madam speaker. You know, this place is based on predominantly on precedent and procedure. And to bypass this proven pathway is predictably painful. So i pause to put a plea to the powers that be. Our people deserve better. This propaganda pushed upon people is a political ploy as perpetuaters usurp the proven precedence of the past. It is painful to be placed in a position to protest the pranks pushed by pelosi and her posse of players. But people have been pushed out and put on the sidelines as democrats plow ahead with this socalled impeachment inquiry. The impact of this pandering is the peeling away of the Peoples Trust placed upon us. Now, as in the past has played out, i have been perplexed by the pontiffcations of people in power. When it is really petty partisanship. So i plea as we push and pulled for power that we do so grounded in prudence, that protects the proven procedures of the past, and, madam speaker, with that, i am pleased to yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Request permission to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, were here tonight to draw attention to the democrats unprecedented and dangerous impeachment exercise. Its unprecedented because this has simply never happened before. In our nearly 2 1 2 centuries as a nation, there have only been three instances of impeachment proceedings against a president and in all three cases, the impeachment inquiry was first properly authorized by a full vote of this house. Of course todays sham was initiated unilaterally via a press conference. Mr. Johnson we havent had a vote, they wont give us one. Theres no due process for the accused, but instead theres a secret partisan process somewhere behind closed doors behind closed doors. Theres no respect or recognition for the rights of the duly elected members of this house, even those of us on the committees of jurisdiction, like my house Judiciary Committee. Its unprecedented and its also dangerous. This is the biggest point. Corrupting and weaponizing impeachment to generate a predetermined political outcome is simply not right or fair and it jeopardizes this entire institution. You know would . Because if the American People are not able to trust the results of an impeachment process on a matter this serious, this important, millions of citizens lose faith in the constitution, lose faith in our republic. This is a sham and it needs to stop. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. Madam speaker, i rise today on behalf of the people of the Fifth District who are tired of the democrats focusing on political games. Mr. Latta this past weekend i was handed this note. Pass usmca. Folks at home Want Congress to act on jobs, the economy, and Lower Health Care costs. What theyre hearing from the democrats in the house, secret proceedings that deny access to house members who do not serve on respective committees, no press access, no ability to defend one self by bringing witnesses, taking deafsitions or having ones attorneys present. Being accused by an unknown witness who claims secondhand knowledge. Wheres the pride we have in our sense of justice . Where is due process . Where are the rules . Where are the American Values of fair play . Where is the evidence, where is the house vote . Read the unclassified transcript. The democrats created a star chamber. This is a vote attempt to overturn the 2016 election. Its time to shine a bright light on whats going on. Madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, kansas has impeachment fatigue. Were exhausted, were weary, were sick and tired of three years of democrats trying to change the results of the 2016 election. Kansas wants to know why congress cant pass usmca, modernize health care and secure our border. Regardless, if the democrats want to go down into the bowels of this capitol, into the sound proof star chame berks its my job to be the eyes and ears of kansans and ensure a fair and due process will occur. Mr. Marshall my efforts to do this thus far have been denied by the democrats. This entire process is anything but fair and defies democracy, but whats worse, its all done in secret. This ukrainian hoax has alternative turned into a sovietstyle silencing of the press with the democrats league leaking out only portions of the transcript that might help keep them from allowing donald trump to be reelected again. Why isnt the press screaming bloody murder, ill never understand. Madam speaker, its the president s job to investigate corruption. Lets turn this process back to the people and let the president make his case to america. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom arkansas seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Article 1, section 2 of the constitution says the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. The speaker does not have that sole power. The full house of representatives does. Modern precedent sets out a process for fair consideration of impeachment and followed by democrats followed by republicans in the case of president clinton. The speaker has turned a blind eye to fair precedent. Author tarian is now the rule. A star Chamber Hidden in the capitol basement. Where is the due process . Where is the transparency, abandoned. Where is the ability to confront accusers. Where is the grand jury, abandoned by our speaker. I call on the majority to put aside partisanship and get back to work. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Madam speaker, the democrats would have you believe that their crusade is a moral imperative. Is. An act of pure coward this witch hunt has no legitimacy whatsoever and they know it. His inquiry is being conducted in secret behind closed doors and betrays the true intentions of what they are doing to our good president. To conduct a campaign of half truths and manipulated facts. I called on fellow members to did he nouns the far as they are doing and support my resolution to expel the speaker. It is time to get back to doing the u. S. Business. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam smear, this impeachment sham needs to stop, we all know what this is really about, over turning the results of the 2016 election. Speaker pelosi and chairman schiff have conducted this out of sight of American People and us without a vote to authorize it. They ignored due process and made it clear that politics and partisanship are more important. They denied our side of the aisle to subpoena evidence and excluded the president s legal team from being in hearings. This body has been turned into a Kangaroo Court and unseating the president. Our constitution our basic fundamentals of fairness and millions of fairness who made their voices heard are being snubbed. It is time to stop this sham. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. I rise today to demand fairness and transparency in this outrageous impeachment inquiry, democrats have been grasping at strauss to impeach President Trump. We havent held a vote to open an Impeachment Vote but they are charging with a see cretive court. This is illegitimate with no due process and no charges have been made. Am schiff has refused to the transcripts and allow members of congress. Their goal has been impeachment since the 2016 election and use any means to get there. Instead of focusing on the issues that are important to the hardworking americans. I hope the American People will see this abuse of power. Position. Ts the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. In my fifth year of this esteemed body but i have never been subjected to being alailen ated to the important duties that people in this house. There is no more issue greater than impeachment than declaring war. But yet, i have been alienated from the process. When Speaker Pelosi started an ip inquiry, i was told i would be one of the committees involved in it and we shifted it to two other committees and when they were having their hearings. The testimony didnt meet their narrative and moved it into a secret area and i have been trying to get a hold of the transcripts. I got one today, after a week of looking for volckers testimony. I got one today of ambassador taylor from the Washington Post. The speaker pro tempore . The gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. I rise today to strongly oppose the lack of transparency by Speaker Pelosi of the impeachment inquiry into our dualy elected president. The Judiciary Committee, Speaker Pelosi has empowered the Intelligence Committee to run this effort behind closed doors in secret and he is hand picking what information is to leak. What happened to chairman nadler. If democrats believe this is the right thing to do, why dont they hold a vote . The democrats complete disregard is alarming and quite frankly unamerican. They are ignoring on the present issues at hand. The truth is they have one goal and that is to undermine President Trump and not do like passing usmca, modernizing health care. Lets end this. Lets vote on issues that matter. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman rom kansas seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Today i was in these official closed door impeachment investigations and i used the word official loosely since the grounds upon which the democrats are acting are shaky at best. Access is being limited. Imon one of they these committees to be in there. I see republicans and i think to myself, the entire country should some what the democrats are up to. And soon that will happen. Although i dont know what im allowed to share because i dont understand these official formalities, i will tell the world everything i can and the truth will come out with time because its not what is best for constituency. We ought to be passing usm crmp ex d fighting against oshtant health care costs. I yield the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Im speaking tonight on behalf of the people i represent in the 6th district of tennessee. In tennessee, i hear excitement about the leaps forward that our country has made under donald trump. We are enjoying the lowest Unemployment Rate of my lifetime and more americans are employed than at any point in this nations history. In the short time that i have been in this, my first elected office, i have seen the great race in washington that goes on daily. It takes credit for anything positive to run away from anything negative. And an a fret from the real problems facing our nation. In the race to the ridiculous, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have won. Bias ddoor, secrettive socalled inquiry is shaming this house. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlemans time has expired. The gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. House democrats and the house Intelligence Committee think this is a game. On september 26, the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee fabricated and read in the record a fake call transcript between the president and the foreign leader. And now he continues toll conduct an impeachment inquiry incomplete see creasey leaving the American People incomplete darkness. What we have here is that good old case created if you cant beat them, cheat them. Adam schiff is. Behind dor number one found there was no collusion. Behind door number two and President Trump and ukranian and the transcipts said there is no quid pro quo. Whistleblower se how to proceed. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. I yield the remapeder of my time. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Due process is a right so important that we have not one but two constitutional amendments to ensure. To give chment and equal subpoena power. These due process protections are critical because removing the president is one of the oist serious decision. The democrat chair to formalize the impeachment inquiry as a quote, unquote, cosmetic procedural. Nce when did it become cosmetic. Look how it is being handled. No due process. The all proceedings taking place in secret. The only reason foresee concrete hearings is to control what they see. This is a sham to what our and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition . Ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Democrats have been pushing impeachment. That had a told he smoking gun. And then the chairman was not forth coming regarding staff communication. There is no credible here. The partisan impeachment effort has led to secret hearings and not allowed to bring witnesses and the president is denied representation. Americans demand fairness. There have been no high crimes or misdemeanors and hatred for the president is not grounds. Voters decide the the winner in 2016. American pass business is not getting done and march of america off the impeachment cliff. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, today i rise in protest to the secrecy with which the House Majoritys conducting its impeachment inquiry. Its unlike anything weve seen in congress. Thats probably because lacking any evidence for their claims, the socalled resistance has already determined the outcome. The same people who perpetrated the russia hoax are rushing forward with plan z to remove the president from office. Mr. Desjarlais partisan Congressional Staff helped to craft this complaint at the heart of this impeachment inquiry. The inquiry itself will take place in secret to avoid public scrutiny. Some democrats have admitted the only way a far left socialist candidate could replace donald trump is to remove frim had office. The American People is to remove him from office. The American People want jobs and security, not farleft socialist agendas. A radical group in congress has become obsessed with moving this president from office removing this president from office. Its an attack on our democracy and constitution. My constituents care about real issues. I appeal to the more sensible members to concentrate on what we can accomplish together. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, this isnt russia. This is america. Yet right in this building, a sovietstyle star chamber to remove the duly elected president is occurring. And the person that leads it lied to the American People for 2 1 2 years about evidence he didnt have. Mr. Perry the person that leads it is literally guilty of what he accuses the president of doing, when hes caught on tape negotiating with foreign people about getting dirt on the president. The person that leads it the person that leads it lied to the world and in his reading of a mock prescription about a conversation the president had with the president of ukraine and the people who reads it misled the world about his relationship with the socalled whistleblower. Madam speaker, we need to end this stalinist, guilty until proven innocent star chamber now. I yield. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. For years america has been forcefed investigation after investigation of our duly elected president. And weve seen each of these sham investigations meet the same dead end. Because theres no evidence of any wrongdoing by donald trump. Ive lost hope that these pointless probes will end. House democrats are bent on wasting time and taxpayers dollars. If were all forced to endure this charade, the least they could do is conduct a fair investigation. They say they have evidence to impeach the president. Mr. Babin yet refuse to share what that evidence is. They say this is an official impeachment inquiry and yet we havent voted to make it so. Wheres the transparency . The only evidence that is Crystal Clear is that the democrats despise the president so much that theyll do anything to take him down. They hate that donald trump is blocking their agenda of a green, socialist nanny state with open borders, so theyre willing to mislead the public to get their way. Theres no due process, just hatred. Its a dangerous precedent to our Great Republic and thank you, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from West Virginia seek recognition . Mrs. Miller i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Mrs. Miller i rise today to denounce the partisan motivation and lack of transparency behind Speaker Pelosi anden and chairman schiffs impeachment proceedings. For the past 10 months my colleagues across the aisle have operated with one sole motivation. Undoing the results of the 2016 election. As such, congress has failed to advance the priorities of the American People. We have not funded crucial legislation to fix our outdated and crumbling infrastructure. We have not addressed the crisis on the southern border. Meanwhile, the Opioid Epidemic continues to rage on. All we have to show for the past 10 months is a handful of liberal messaging bills that have no chance of being made into law. While the priorities of the American People have been pushed to the side. All of Congress Energy and resources have been diverted to behind closed door impeachment proceedings, far from behind the beyond the sight of my fellow colleagues and completely hidden from the taxpayers. This is not why i came to congress. This is not what we were sent hered toed to do. The American People here to do. The American People deserve better. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise to express my outrage over the ongoing impeachment inquiry against our president. Impeachment is the houses most solemn and serious responsibility. It should not be undertaken haphazardly. Although i strongly believe in Congress Oversight duties and agree that no public official, including the president , is above the law, i have serious concerns about the partisan nature of this inquiry. Beyond the fact that this inquiry was launched before the transcript of the call with ukraine was released, the speakers decision to launch an inquiry without a full vote of the house and attempts to restrict the involvement of republicans and the American Public in the impeachment proceedings defy precedence. Write write from the beginning, this write write from mr. Wright from the beginning, this effort has lacked transparency. The American Public deserve the truth. Instead, all theyre getting are cherrypicked leaks and classic washington fashion in classic washington fashion. In its current form, this process is an outrage and counter to our interests and the values of our republic. I urge my colleagues to abandon this political charade and adhere to the constitution. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition . Without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. Thank you, madam speaker. Mrs. Walorski i rise today because what we are witnessing is unprecedented in the history of this country. House Democratic Leaders are conducting an impeachment inquiry behind closed doors with selective leaks instead of transparency with no due process, without a vote on the house floor. Why do they want to keep this process hidden from view . Because they know the American People will see right through this partisan scheme. Democrats decided to impeach this president the day he took office. Now theyre just trying to come up with a reason no matter what the facts are. The American People know that washington is broken and they sent us here to fix it. Instead, House Democrats are shaking the Peoples Trust in this institution. We should be passing usmca to give our farmers and workers a better deal. We should be voting on Bipartisan Legislation to lower Prescription Drug costs. We should be working to fix our immigration system and secure the border. Its time to end this charade and get back to work. Thank you, and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition . I request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Fulcher madam speaker, you authorized holding an impeachment hearing. But i dont think thats what youre really doing. If so, you wouldnt have disregarded precedent from the nixonclinton eras or would have all voted before this was to proceed. If so, you wouldnt have denied the minority the ability to call witnesses or me, another me and other members to attend hearings or even view the transcripts. Speaker, approximately 90 of your Party Members wanted to impeach before this socalled inquiry ever began. Thats why i say, youre really not trying to hold an impeachment inquiry, you simply want to remove a president and were within one year of an election. You want to deny americans the right to decide for the themselves. And at the heart of the matter and the real reason youre doing this is because your party does not have a winning president ial candidate and no significant accomplishments this session. Madam speaker, can we please go back to work . I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Madam speaker, i rise today to give voice to my constituents on the destructive partisan and secret impeachment inquiry which really is a slap in the face to the overwhelming majority of pennsylvanias 11th district who voted for and continue to support President Trump. Judith writes, congressman, my husband and i are furious about this constant push to impeach President Trump. Mr. Smucker we dont care how many members of congress dont like him, it is not their choice. It is ours. Rebecca writes, im alarmed at the Political Climate and attempts to impeach our president. The house has done nothing to solve the issues facing our country. And continues to spend their time trying to stop the progress that our president has made. Jodi write, can you please tell Speaker Pelosi and the democrats that the overwhelm magazine jort of people ma overwhelming majority of people i interact with in my daily life wants them to stop this unfounded impeachment proceed noogs President Trump and get back to work proceedings into President Trump and get back to work, figuring issues we elected congress to fix . I share my constituents anger and frustration toward this secret hoax trial. This the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Smucker thank you, madam speaker. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Olson madam speaker, halloween is nine days away. Its a holiday that happens in the dark. Its about fear, deceit and witch hunts. Anything to hide who you truly are. Back home, texans are stunned. How can the Majority Party in the house use a kids holiday, halloween, as a model for the most dramatic action a congress can take, impeaching a sitting president . The ghouls and goblins of the House Majority are now the Halloween Party that make up this process as they go along. Impeachment demands an inquiry by the full house, a full vote by the house. The democrat majority did that with Richard Nixon in the 1970s, republican majority did that with bill clinton in the 1990s. The current house halloween current house Halloween Party allowed 41 members of this body of 435 to go forward with impeachment. In therty is operating wizard of oz if they pursue this witchhunt the house will fall down on november 2010. The writ the witchhunt will be over. For what purpose does the gentle men from virginia seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized for one minute. From democratned press conferences and Washington Post weeks that this body has an ongoing, socalled impeachment inquiry. Can i as a member of Congress Watch the testimony . No. Can you watch the testimony at home so you can decide for yourself . No. Why are the hearings taking place in the basement behind guarded doors . What do they want to keep for me . What did they want to keep from you either hearing oryou either . Thank you. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Address the house for one minute. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Thank you madam speaker this is an unbelievable time in our history. There is nothing more important than elected office. Something that was discussed in the declaration of independence. And yet we have an attempted coup taking place. It violates the principles on which this nation was founded of due process, the right to confront the witnesses against you. I would submit that there is no for ther concern socalled whistleblowers safety from President Trump. All the witnesses against him are alive and well. So who is it hes afraid might come after him if he discloses what he knows and who was conspiring to bring down this president . Lets get to the bottom of it. At the bottom will not be President Trump. It will be the coconspirators trying to bring this government down. For what purpose does the gentleman from North Carolina seek recognition . I like to address the house for one minute. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Before they identified the crime the democrats organized the firing squad. Before anyone was talking about ukraine, over half of the democratic majority was in favor of impeachment. This process it did not begin with ukraine or a whistleblower. This sham process started one year year one of President Trumps administration when a democratic colleague stated if we dont impeach this president he will get reelected. Hatred for President Trump has become the new religion of the left creating irrational behavior not rooted in good judgment but rather emotion. The democrats protecting adam schiff. This was not about the facts. Facing your accusers and innocent until Proven Guilty used to be the american way. Its the standard that every american should expect including the president. Being targeted by an angry mob and a twisted version of democracy. The president calls this a witchhunt. Unfortunately looks like that is exactly what it is. We are making it easy for you to follow the impeachment inquiry on cspan. Org. Search all of cspans coverage for video on demand of all the congressional briefings and hearings as well as the administrations response during the impeachment inquiry process. Log on to our impeachment inquiry webpage at cspan. Org impeachment. Your fast and easy way to watch cspans unfiltered coverage anytime. A, wallight on q and street trader turned photojournalist chris arnott on his book, dignity. The plight of those living on the margins of society in america. I believe it was a saturday. Was empty because all the industrial part of hunts point. Immediately intelligence came right through. He spoke for an hour, halfhour or so. She told me her life. Ofost like a cliche everything wrong that could happen to somebody. Eventually i asked her what i asked everybody a photograph , how do you want me to describe you. , a prostitute, another six and a child of god. A mother of six and a child of god. Congressman Jerrold Nadler is the lead sponsor of the pregnant workers fairness act. A bill requiring employers to make accommodations for pregnant workers. He testified about the legislation before a house education and labor subcommittee. Along with michele durham, former emt worker in alabama. Ms. Durham testified about having to take unpaid leave of absence during her pregnancy. The committee on education and labor will come to order. Welcome everyone. A quorum is present. The committee