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

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      STOP THE IMPEACHMENT THEATER

  (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, our duly elected President took office, 
and even before that, House Democrats have 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 Members of this body and the American people, most importantly, in 
the dark.
  Is that fairness?
  They are 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 States-Mexico-Canada 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 healthcare 
costs, to continue growing a healthy economy, and to rebuild our roads 
and bridges.
  Let's stop the impeachment theater and get back to the pocketbook 
issues that our constituents care about.

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