[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        A MATTER OF JURISDICTION

  (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONAWAY. Madam Speaker, I have had the privilege and honor of 
serving most of my career in Congress on the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence. It is important work that goes on in secret, 
typically, and it is really important. Typically it involves the 
oversight of 17 agencies which we empower to protect this Nation from 
enemies abroad.
  That important work has been highjacked by this investigation, which 
is being led by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The 
Intelligence Committee works with sources and methods. Madam Speaker, 
there is nothing classified about anything that is going on downstairs 
in our SCIF. There are no sources or methods at risk here.
  This is a jurisdictional issue. This investigation, should it be 
happening at all, should be done by the Committee on the Judiciary. 
That is where Articles of Impeachment will have to come from, not the 
Intelligence Committee. Our good work that is important to this Nation 
is being highjacked by this process that should not even, in my view, 
be going on. But if it should be going on, Chairman Nadler should be 
the one leading this effort, not Chairman Schiff.
  I ask the Speaker to go the normal route, put the inquiry on the 
floor, have us vote on that, allow all of us to express our opinion, 
not just hers, but all of our opinions on this issue.

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