December 17, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 204 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H10605-H10606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      IMPEACHMENT VOTE IS SHAMEFUL

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, our Founding Fathers warned us against what 
is happening this week on the House floor when one political party 
abandons constitutional principles simply for political gain.
  Tomorrow's impeachment vote is shameful and sets a dangerous 
precedent. Without bringing forward any evidence of an impeachable 
offense, House Democrats have rushed this partisan vote. You cannot 
impeach a duly elected President simply because you don't like him.
  For the past few months, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have been 
so obsessed with impeaching President Trump that they have forgotten to 
do their sworn duty, and that is to work on behalf of the American 
people.
  While I am glad we are finally voting on the United States-Mexico-
Canada Agreement this week, the vital trade deal was used by Democrats 
as a political pawn until after they brought forward their sham 
Articles of Impeachment.
  Americans must question the timing of the votes this week: a rushed 
impeachment vote, and a much-delayed trade deal.
  So, when the American people ask me back home, ``What in the world is

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going on in Washington?'' I say, ``It is just putting politics before 
the American people.''

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