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]




               MEMBERS ALIENATED FROM IMPEACHMENT PROCESS

  (Mr. LOUDERMILK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOUDERMILK. Madam Speaker, I am in my fifth year in this esteemed 
body, but I have never in my 5 years been subjected to being alienated 
from one of the most important duties that people in this House are 
given the responsibility for.
  There is no issue greater than impeachment, other than just declaring 
war. But, yet, I have been alienated from the process.
  Now, when Speaker Pelosi decided that she was going to start somewhat 
of an inquiry, I was told, being on the Financial Services Committee, I 
will be one of the committees involved in it.
  But then, apparently, the rules changed, and we shifted it to two 
other committees. And those committees, when they were having their 
hearings in front of the American people, apparently, that didn't go to 
their pleasing because the testimonies didn't meet their narrative, so 
they moved it into a secret area.
  Since then, I have been trying to get ahold of the transcripts of the 
hearings that I have been alienated from.
  I actually got one today. After a week of looking for Volker's 
testimony and asking for others, I finally got one today of Ambassador 
Taylor, from The Washington Post. It appears that we are leaking what 
we want to leak.

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