October 16, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 163 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H8177-H8178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SO-CALLED IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS AN ABOMINATION

  (Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Madam Speaker, during the impeachment 
inquiries of Presidents Nixon and Clinton, the House of 
Representatives, led, respectively, by Speakers Carl Albert and Newt 
Gingrich, established the following procedures that are currently not 
being followed in this rushed process to impeach President Trump. Let 
me lay them out for you, because I think the American people need to 
understand this.
  First, there should be coequal powers to both the chair and ranking 
member of the committee;
  All subpoenas are subject to a vote of the full committee;
  The President's counsel would have the right to attend the hearings 
and depositions;
  The President's counsel has the right to present evidence;
  The President's counsel has the right to object to the admittance of 
evidence;

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  The President's counsel has the right to cross-examine witnesses; and
  The President's counsel has the right to recommend a witness list.
  These are being denied to the President of the United States. If this 
could be denied to the President, it could be denied to you or your 
child.
  This is so wrong. This so-called impeachment inquiry is an 
abomination.

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