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]




     CALLING OUT UNPRECEDENTED AND ILLEGITIMATE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Madam Speaker, this place is based predominantly 
on precedent and procedure. To bypass this proven pathway is 
predictably painful. So I pause to put a plea to the powers that be:
  Our people deserve better.
  The propaganda pushed upon the people is a political ploy as 
perpetrators usurp the proven precedents of the past.
  It is painful to be placed in a position to protest the pranks pushed 
by Pelosi and her posse of players, but people have been pushed out and 
put on the sidelines as Democrats plow ahead with this so-called 
impeachment inquiry.
  The impact of this pandering is the peeling away of the people's 
trust placed upon us. As the past has played out, I have been perplexed 
by the pontifications of people in positions of power who puff 
themselves up in pretentious prominence when it is really petty 
partisanship.
  So I plead, as we push and pull for power, that we do so grounded in 
prudence that protects the proven procedures of the past.

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