[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       UNPRECEDENTED IMPEACHMENT

  (Mr. FULCHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FULCHER. Madam Speaker, you authorized holding an impeachment 
hearing, but I don't think that is what you are really doing.
  If so, you wouldn't have disregarded precedent from the Nixon and 
Clinton eras, or we would have all voted before this was to proceed.
  If so, you wouldn't have denied the minority the ability to call 
witnesses or me and other Members the ability to attend hearings or 
even view the transcripts.
  Madam Speaker, approximately 90 percent of your party members wanted 
to impeach before this so-called inquiry ever began. That is why I say 
you are really not trying to hold an impeachment inquiry. You simply 
want to remove a President. And we are within 1 year of an election. 
You want to deny Americans the right to decide for themselves.
  At the heart of the matter and the real reason you are doing this is 
because your party does not have a winning Presidential candidate and 
no significant accomplishments this session.
  Madam Speaker, can we please go back to work?

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