October 22, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 167 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H8372-H8373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE PARTISAN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS DANGEROUS

  (Ms. FOXX of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, an impeachment inquiry is 
one of the most serious actions the House can take. But the gravity of 
such proceedings seem to be lost on the Democratic Caucus.
  As a reminder, I would like to quote Federalist 65:


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  The prosecution of impeachment will seldom fail to agitate the 
passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or 
less friendly or inimical to the accused. In many cases it will connect 
itself with the preexisting factions and will enlist all their 
animosities, partialities, influence and interest on one side or the 
other; and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that 
the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of 
parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.

  Speaker Pelosi's impeachment inquiry by fiat has realized this 
greatest danger. I call on her to allow for an open debate on this 
process immediately.

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